Famous Birthdays May 5 Giuseppe Porsile, Neapolitan composer, born in Naples, Italy (d. 1750) May 21 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer Famous Deaths May 29 Abraham Megerle, Austrian organist, composer, and Kapellmeister, dies at 73 May 31 Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650) 1679 History by Year 1681