Famous Personalities Born In January - 05
Monday, 27 October 2025
1209 On January - 05 birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) 

1548 On January - 05 birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) 

1560 On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer 

1587 Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on this day in history. 

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

1596 Henry Lawes, English composer was born on January - 05. 

1614 Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on this day in history. 

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

1667 On January - 05 birth of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) 

1679 On this day in history birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer 

1696 Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757) was born on this day in history. 

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

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

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 this day in history. 

1773 Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer was born on January - 05. 

1778 On January - 05 birth of fortunato Santini, composer 

1779 Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born on this day in history. 

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

1787 John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) was born on January - 05. 

1788 On this day in history 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 On January - 05 birth of auguste Mermet, composer 

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

1823 William Rockstro, composer was born on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1834 William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861) was born on January - 05. 

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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