Famous Birthdays In January - 05

1209  On January - 05 birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)   

1548  On this day in history birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)   

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.   

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on January - 05.   

1592  On this day in history birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal   

1596  On this day in history birth of henry Lawes, English composer   

1614  On January - 05 birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)   

1661  On this day in history birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer   

1667  Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer was born on January - 05.   

1696  On January - 05 birth of giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757)   

1710  On January - 05 birth of friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer   

1717  On this day in history birth of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)   

1729  Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter was born on this day in history.   

1759  Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader was born on this day in history.   

1762  Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.   

1769  Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics) was born on this day in history.   

1773  On January - 05 birth of pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer   

1778  Fortunato Santini, composer was born on January - 05.   

1779  On January - 05 birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)   

1779  Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born on this day in history.   

1787  On January - 05 birth of john Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)   

1788  Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1806  Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium) was born on January - 05.   

1810  Auguste Mermet, composer was born on January - 05.   

1811  On this day in history birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)   

1813  On this day in history birth of thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903   

1822  On January - 05 birth of joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894   

1823  On January - 05 birth of william Rockstro, composer   

1828  On January - 05 birth of august Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895   

1829  Sir Roger Tichborne, missing U.K. heir who was the subject of the longest criminal trial in British history (d. c.1854) was born on January - 05.   

1834  On this day in history birth of william John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861)   

1835  On this day in history birth of friedrich Richard Faltin, composer   

1835  On this day in history birth of hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten   

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0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on January - 05.   

1066  On this day in history edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies   

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on January - 05.   

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on January - 05.   

1425  On January - 05 death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

1448  On this day in history death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)   

1465  On January - 05 death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)   

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on this day in history.