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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 03 1415

    Cecily Neville mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England born in Raby Castle Durham England (d. 1495)

    May 03 1428

    Pedro Gonzlez de Mendoza Spanish cardinal and statesman born in Guadalajara Spain (d. 1495)

    May 03 1446

    Margaret of York (Margaret of Burgendy) wife of Charles I Duke of Burgundy born in Fotheringhay Castle Northamptonshire England (d. 1503)

    May 03 1514

    Bartholomaeus of Braga [Fernandez] Dominican theologian and Archbishop Emeritus of Braga born in Mrtires Santa Maria Maior Lisbon (d. 1590)

    May 03 1647

    Joannes Antonides van der Goes Dutch poet (Bellone aen bant) born in Goes Netherlands (d. 1684)

    May 03 1649

    Johann Valentin Meder German composer born in Erfurt Germany (d. 1719)

    May 03 1662

    Matthus Daniel Pppelmann German architect born in Herford Germany (d. 1736)

    May 03 1692

    Jan Jacob Mauricius Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1768)

    May 03 1695

    Henri Pitot Italian-French engineer born in Aramon France (d. 1771)

    May 03 1708

    Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theorist and composer born in Leipzig Germany (d. 1776)

    May 03 1713

    Alexis Clairaut French mathematician (Clairauts theorem) born in Paris (d. 1765)

    May 03 1729

    Florian Leopold Gassmann Bohemian composer born in Brx Bohemia (d. 1774)

    May 03 1737

    Friedrich Schwindl Dutch composer born in Amsterdam (d. 1786)

    May 03 1744

    Friedrich Wilhelm Weis German physician and composer born in Gttingen Germany (d. 1826)

    May 03 1752

    Braz Francisco de Lima Portuguese composer (d. 1813)

    May 03 1761

    August von Kotzebue German dramatist born in Weimar Germany (d. 1819)

    May 03 1764

    lisabeth of France princess of France youngest sister of king Louis XVI born in Versailles France (d. 1794)

    May 03 1768

    Charles Tennant Scottish chemist and industrialist born in Laigh Corton Alloway Ayrshire Scotland (d. 1838)

    May 03 1773

    Giuseppe Acerbi Italian traveller and naturalist born in Castel Goffredo Milan Italy (d. 1846)

    May 03 1815

    Hermanus Willem Witteveen Dutch theologist born in Boornbergum Netherlands (d. 1884)

    May 03 1816

    Montgomery Cunningham Meigs American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Washington D.C. (d. 1892)

    May 03 1819

    Nicola De Giosa Italian composer born in Bari Italy (d. 1885)

    May 03 1826

    Charles XV King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72) born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1872)

    May 03 1844

    douard Drumont French anti-semitic journalist born in Paris (d. 1917)

    May 03 1844

    Richard DOyly Carte English opera impresario (Gilbert & Sullivan operas) born in London (d. 1901)

    May 03 1849

    Jacob Riis Danish-American social reformer and muck raking reporter (NY Tribune NY Evening Sun) born in Ribe Denmark (d. 1914)

    May 03 1849

    Bernhard von Blow Chancellor of Germany born in Klein-Flottbeck Germany (d. 1929)

    May 03 1857

    George Gore American baseball player born in Saccarappa Maine (d. 1933)

    May 03 1859

    Andy Adams American writer (Log of a Cowboy) born in Indiana (d. 1935)

    May 03 1860

    Vito Volterra Italian mathematician and physicist born in Ancona Italy (d. 1940)

    May 03 1861

    Emmett Dalton American outlaw member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West born in Belton Missouri (d. 1937)

    May 03 1867

    Jack Hearne English cricketer (cousin of George and Alec 12 Tests for England) born in Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire (d. 1965)

    May 03 1870

    Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the U.K. born in Frogmore House Windsor England (d. 1948)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 03 1374 BC Solar eclipse (2m 07s) seen at Ugarit by Mesopotamian astronomers On the day of the new moon in the month of Hiyar the Sun was put to shame and went down in the daytime with Mars in attendance.

    May 03 1342 Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)

    May 03 1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveldn near Bruges - Ghent town army beats drunken Bruges militia

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