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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 02 1360

    Yongle Emperor of the Ming Empire (1402-24) born in Yingtian Yuan Empire China (d. 1424)

    May 02 1451

    Ren II Duke of Lorraine born in Angers France (d. 1508)

    May 02 1458

    Eleanor of Viseu Queen of Portugal (1481-95) born in Beja Portugal (d. 1525)

    May 02 1551

    William Camden English historian (Brittania Annales) born in London (d. 1623)

    May 02 1601

    Athanasius Kircher German Jesuit priest and inventor (magic lantern) born in Abbacy of Fulda Germany (d. 1680)

    May 02 1660

    Alessandro Scarlatti Italian baroque composer (Tigrane) born in Palermo Sicily (d. 1725)

    May 02 1695

    Giovanni Niccol Servandoni Italian-French architect born in Florence Italy (d. 1766)

    May 02 1702

    Friedrich Christoph Oetinger German Lutheran theologian born in Gppingen Germany (d. 1782)

    May 02 1729

    Florian Johann Deller Austrian composer baptized in Drosendorf Austria (d. 1773)

    May 02 1740

    Elias Boudinot American lawyer and patriot President of the Continental Congress born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1821)

    May 02 1750

    John Andr British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War born in London (d. 1780)

    May 02 1752

    Ludwig August Lebrun German composer born in Mannheim Germany (d. 1790)

    May 02 1754

    Vicente Martn y Soler Valencian composer born in Valencia Spain (d. 1806)

    May 02 1768

    Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert French dermatologist born in Villefranche-de-Rouergue Aveyron France (d. 1837)

    May 02 1772

    Novalis [Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg] German romantic writer (Heinrich von Ofterdingen) born in Oberwiederstedt Saxony (d. 1801)

    May 02 1773

    Henrik Steffens Norwegian-German philosopher born in Stavanger Norway (d. 1845)

    May 02 1779

    John Galt Scottish novelist (Annals of the Parish) born in Irvine Ayrshire Scotland (d. 1839)

    May 02 1810

    Hans Christian Lumbye Danish composer born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1874)

    May 02 1817

    Zikmund Koleovsk Czech composer born in Prague Czech Republic (d. 1868)

    May 02 1821

    Abram Sanders Piatt American farmer publisher poet politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1908)

    May 02 1828

    Dsir Charnay French traveller and archaeologist born in Fleurie France (d. 1915)

    May 02 1837

    Henry Martyn Robert American soldier and parliamentarian (Roberts Rules of Order) born in Robertville South Carolina (d. 1927)

    May 02 1843

    Karl Michael Ziehrer Austrian composer born in Vienna Austria (d. 1922)

    May 02 1846

    Zygmunt Noskowski Polish composer born in Warsaw Poland (d. 1909)

    May 02 1853

    Marie Verstraete Belgian actress (Mooi Juultje van Volendam Frou Frou) born in Gent Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium (d. 1928)

    May 02 1855

    Theodore Moses Tobani German composer born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1933)

    May 02 1857

    Frederic Cliffe English composer born in Bradford Yorkshire (d. 1931)

    May 02 1859

    Eugne dHarcourt French composer born in Paris (d. 1918)

    May 02 1859

    Jerome K. Jerome English writer (The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow) born in Walsall Staffordshire England (d. 1927)

    May 02 1860

    DArcy Wentworth Thompson Scottish zoologist and classicist (On Growth & Form) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1948)

    May 02 1860

    Theodor Herzl Austrian journalist and founder (Zionist movement) born in Budapest Austria-Hungary (d. 1904)

    May 02 1860

    William Maddock Bayliss British physiologist co-discoverer of hormones born in Wolverhampton Staffordshire (d. 1924)

    May 02 1862

    Maurice Emmanuel French composer and musicologist (Salamine) born in Bar-sur-Aube France (d. 1938)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 02 1230 William de Braose 10th Baron Abergavenny is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great

    May 02 1335 Otto the Merry Duke of Austria becomes Duke of Carinthia

    May 02 1345 Quaden Maendach in Ghent battles between fullers & weavers

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