Famous Personalities Born 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  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.   

1653  On May - 21 birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)   

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on this day in history.   

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer   

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

1755  Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810) was born on May - 21.   

1763  On this day in history birth of joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820)   

1775  On this day in history birth of lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano   

1780  Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse was born on this day in history.   

1792  Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843) was born on May - 21.   

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

1821  On this day in history birth of john F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director   

1822  Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 was born on this day in history.   

1822  On May - 21 birth of mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865   

1825  George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1826  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro was born on this day in history.   

1827  On May - 21 birth of william P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)   

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 this day in history.   

1835  On May - 21 birth of newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1835  On May - 21 birth of frantiÅ¡ek Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884)   

1841  On this day in history birth of joseph Parry, composer   

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

1843  Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

1850  Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) was born on May - 21.   

1851  On this day in history birth of leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)   

1853  Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905) was born on May - 21.   

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 May - 21.   

1860  On May - 21 birth of willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)   

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0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.   

1254  On May - 21 koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26   

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena   

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.   

1542  Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R on this day in history.   

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)   

1639  On this day in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70