Famous Birthdays
Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859)
May 15 Austrian statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1809-48) and host of the Congress of Vienna (1814-15), born in Koblenz, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire
- May 19 Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
- May 26 Hans Georg Nägeli, Swiss composer, born in Wetzikon, Switzerland (d. 1836)
- May 29 Princess Sophia of Gloucester, great-granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and niece of King George III, born in Mayfair, Middlesex (d. 1844)
- May 31 Ludwig Tieck, German writer, born in Berlin (d. 1853)