Famous Birthdays In May - 21

1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on this day in history.   

1527  Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98) was born on this day in history.   

1633  On May - 21 birth of joseph de La Barre, composer   

1653  On this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  On this day in history birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on May - 21.   

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on this day in history.   

1722  On May - 21 birth of wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer   

1755  On this day in history birth of alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810)   

1763  Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) was born on May - 21.   

1775  On May - 21 birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse   

1792  On this day in history birth of gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843)   

1796  On this day in history birth of reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876   

1821  John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director was born on May - 21.   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on May - 21.   

1822  Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865 was born on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history birth of george Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  On this day in history birth of danillo II, ruler of Montenegro   

1827  William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899) was born on May - 21.   

1832  On May - 21 birth of elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator (d. 1917)   

1834  Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902) was born on May - 21.   

1835  Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 21.   

1835  FrantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884) was born on this day in history.   

1841  Joseph Parry, composer was born on May - 21.   

1843  Louis Renault, French lawyer was born on May - 21.   

1843  On May - 21 birth of charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)   

1850  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)   

1851  Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history birth of jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905)   

1855  Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) was born on May - 21.   

1858  Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician was born on this day in history.   

1860  Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph) was born on May - 21.   

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0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies   

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.   

1512  On this day in history death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  On this day in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on May - 21.   

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on May - 21.   

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.