May 3 Friedrich Wilhelm Weis, German physician and composer, born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 1826) May 4 Marianne Martinez, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1812) May 18 Joseph Beer, Bohemian clarinetist, and composer (5th clarinet flap), born in Grünwald, Bohemia (d. 1812) May 19 Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) May 31 Richard Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish inventor and educationalist, born in Bath, Somerset (d. 1817) 1743 Famous Birthdays by Year 1745