Famous Personalities Born In January - 05
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1209 On this day in history birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)
1548 Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on January - 05.
1560 On January - 05 birth of william Cobbold, composer
1587 Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on January - 05.
1592 On January - 05 birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
1596 Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.
1614 Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.
1661 Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.
1667 On January - 05 birth of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740)
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 Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer was born on this day in history.
1717 On January - 05 birth of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
1729 On this day in history 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 On January - 05 birth of jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)
1773 Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of john Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)
1788 On January - 05 birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer
1806 On this day in history birth of andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)
1810 Auguste Mermet, composer was born on this day in history.
1811 Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born on this day in history.
1813 Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903 was born on this day in history.
1822 Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 was born on January - 05.
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 On January - 05 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 January - 05 birth of friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
1835 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten was born on January - 05.