May 2 Florian Johann Deller, Austrian composer, baptized in Drosendorf, Austria (d. 1773) May 3 Florian Leopold Gassmann, Bohemian composer, born in BrĂ¼x, Bohemia (d. 1774) May 13 Henry William (Baron) Stiegel, early American glassmaker May 23 Giuseppe Parini, Italian prose writer and poet (Il Giorno), born in Bosisio, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1799) May 25 Jean de Neufville, Dutch-American merchant (started 4th English war), born in Amsterdam (d. 1796) 1728 Famous Birthdays by Year 1730