Famous Personalities Born In February - 05
Friday, 18 July 2025
0976 On this day in history birth of sanjÅ, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)
1505 Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.
1519 René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.
1534 Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612) was born on February - 05.
1589 On February - 05 birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet
1589 On February - 05 birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
1608 On this day in history birth of gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)
1626 On this day in history birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
1662 On February - 05 birth of giuseppi Vignola, composer
1703 On February - 05 birth of gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)
1711 On February - 05 birth of joseph Umstatt, composer
1723 John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence was born on February - 05.
1725 James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783) was born on February - 05.
1732 Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer was born on February - 05.
1744 On this day in history birth of john Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist
1748 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven was born on this day in history.
1753 On this day in history birth of coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot
1770 On February - 05 birth of alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)
1775 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten) was born on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history birth of robert Peel, British PM (1834-46)/founder (Tories)
1784 On February - 05 birth of nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1818)
1788 Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) was born on February - 05.
1788 On February - 05 birth of robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder (Bobbies)
1795 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
1799 On February - 05 birth of john Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany)
1804 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet was born on this day in history.
1808 Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885) was born on February - 05.
1810 On February - 05 birth of ole Bull, composer
1810 Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880) was born on February - 05.
1833 On February - 05 birth of john Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess mag)
1837 Dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) was born on this day in history.
1840 On February - 05 birth of hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)
1840 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born on this day in history.
1848 Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], US female outlaw (wild west) was born on February - 05.