Johann Jakob Froberger German singerorganistcomposer
Jos de Escandn Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)
Augustus Hervey 3rd Earl of Bristol British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)
Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin German literary hostess born in Berlin Prussia (d. 1833)
Johns Hopkins philanthropist founded Johns Hopkins University
Maria Isabel of Portugal queen of Spain (d. 1818)
Samuel Jameson Gholson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1883)
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1862)
John Gross Barnard American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Sheffield Massachusetts (d. 1882)
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour French statesman (d. 1896)
Adin Ballou Underwood American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Worcester County Massachusetts (d. 1888)
John Jacob Abel American Pharmacologist (endocrine glands) born in Cleveland Ohio
Roland Napolon Bonaparte French prince and president of the Socit de Gographie born in Paris France (d. 1924)
Dame Nellie Melba Australian opera singer (d. 1931)
Carl Ethan Akeley American naturalist devoleped animal mount process
John Fillmore Hayford American Geodesist who established the theory of isostasy and founded the modern science of geodesy (precise measurements of the shape of the earth) born in Rouses Point New York
Henry Horatio Dixon Irish Biologist who originated the cohesion-tension theory of water and mineral movement in plants born in Dublin Ireland
Reginald Aldworth Daly Napanee Ontario Canadian-American Geologist who independently developed the theory of magmatic stopping
Gilbert Laird Jessop cricketer (The Croucher)
William King Gregory Greenwich Village New York American palaeontologist (mammalian teeth evolutionary theory)
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor USEngs feministex of Waldorf Astor
Allard R Hulshoff architect of Amsterdam (1924)
Mohammed Mosaddeq Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
Henricus WJM Keuls Dutch lawyerpoet (Dancing Lamp)
Arthur Meulemans Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 510)
Oswald Boelcke German World War I pilot (d. 1916)
Konstatin G Paustovski Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]
Cecil Gray Scottish composer and music critic (d. 1959)
Michael Balcon producerfather of Jill Balcon born in Birmingham England
Frank Luke American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
Jerome Travers American golfer (US Open 1915) born in NYC NY (d. 1951)
Manuel Ivo Cruz Portuguese composer and founder of Philharmonic Orchestra of Lisbon born in Corumb Brazil (d. 1985)
May 19 1182 The high altar of Paris cathedral Notre Dame is consecrated by Cardinal Henri de Chteau-Maray and Maurice de Sully
May 19 1515 George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles
May 19 1517 Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht