May 8 Johann Baptist Gansbacher, Austrian composer, born in Sterzing, Tyrol, Italy (d. 1844) May 18 Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854) May 28 Friedrich Westenholz, German composer, born in Ludwigslust, Germany (d. 1840) 1777 Famous Birthdays by Year 1779