Famous Personalities Born In January - 05

1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on this day in history.   

1596  On January - 05 birth of henry Lawes, English composer   

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

1661  On January - 05 birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer   

1667  On this day in history birth of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740)   

1679  On January - 05 birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer   

1696  Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757) was born on January - 05.   

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  On January - 05 birth of paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter   

1759  On January - 05 birth of jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader   

1762  On this day in history birth of constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842)   

1769  Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics) was born on January - 05.   

1773  On this day in history birth of pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer   

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

1779  Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born on January - 05.   

1779  On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)   

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

1788  Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born on January - 05.   

1806  Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium) was born on this day in history.   

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

1811  On January - 05 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  Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 was born on January - 05.   

1823  On this day in history birth of william Rockstro, composer   

1828  August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895 was born on January - 05.   

1829  On this day in history birth of sir Roger Tichborne, missing U.K. heir who was the subject of the longest criminal trial in British history (d. c.1854)   

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  On January - 05 death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)   

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on January - 05.   

1387  On January - 05 pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67   

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  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on January - 05.   

1477  On this day in history charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43