Births: • Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (1803-1873) • Harrison, Cathryn (1959-2018) • Murphy, Cillian (1976) • Oz, Frank (1944) Deaths: • Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) • Calderón de la Barca, Pedro (1600-1681) • Clay, Nicholas (1946-2000) • Primavesi, Mäda (1903-2000)
Month: September 2012
May 24
Births: • Davis, Desmond (1926-2021) • François, Déborah (1987) • Lonsdale, Michael (1931-2020) • Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793) • Molina, Alfred (1953) • Palmer, Lilli (1914-1986) • Pontormo (1494-1557) • Rosas, Manuelita (1817-1898) • Scott Thomas, Kristin (1960) Deaths: • Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907) • Kempson, Rachel (1910-2003)…
May 23
Births: • Charigot, Aline (1859-1915) • Davenport, Nigel (1928-2013) • Jacobsson, Ulla (1929-1982) • Marshall, Herbert (1890-1966) Deaths: • Góngora, Luis de (1561-1627) • Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906) • Moore, Roger (1927-2017) • Yanne, Jean (1933-2003)
May 22
Births: • Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) • Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) • Mendès, Catulle (1841-1909) • Olivier, Laurence (1907-1989) • Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) Deaths: • Derek, John (1926-1998) • Gabel, Martin (1912-1986) • Hugo, Victor (1802-1885)
May 21
Events: • 1851: Anna Carbentus marries Theodorus van Gogh. Births: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) • Burr, Raymond (1917-1993) • Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) • Pisu, Mario (1910-1976) • Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Deaths: • Fancelli, Chiara (c.1470-1541) • Fowley, Douglas (1911-1998) • Gielgud, John (1904-2000)
May 20
Births: • Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) • Coluzzi, Francesca Romana (1943-2009) • Hedison, David (1927-2019) • Lunghini, Elsa (1973) • McCoy, Matt (1958) • Montañés y Pérez, Bernardino (1825-1893) • Murer, Eugène (1841-1906) • Stewart, James (1908-1997) Deaths: • Colombo, Cristoforo (1451-1506)
May 19
Events: • 1935: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) is canonized. Births: • Elliott, Alison (1970) • Ephron, Nora (1941-2012) • Fox, James (1939) • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539) • Jones, Grace (1948) • Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) • Sánchez, Carmen (2001) Deaths: • Anne Boleyn,…
May 18
Births: • Courtois, Gustave (1853-1923) • Donald, James (1917-1993) • Girotti, Massimo (1918-2003) Deaths: • Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-1799) • Berger, Helmut (1944-2023) • Grodin, Charles (1935-2021) • Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
May 17
Births: • Angelo, Jean (1888-1933) • Federico II Gonzaga, 1st Duke of Mantua (1500-1540) • Gabin, Jean (1904-1976) • Satie, Erik (1866-1925) Deaths: • Boleyn, George (c.1504-1536) • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) • Jones, Henry (1912-1999) • Randall, Tony (1920-2004)
May 16
Births: • Brosnan, Pierce (1953) • Fonda, Henry (1905-1982) • Monicelli, Mario (1915-2010) • Sturgess, Jim (1978) Deaths: • Coleman, Dabney (1932-2024) • Mariana de Austria, Queen consort of Spain (1634-1696)