Famous Birthdays In August - 05

1301  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)  

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)  

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.  

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.  

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized  

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.  

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer  

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America  

1641  On this day in history birth of john Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)  

1662  James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728) was born on this day in history.  

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1694  On August - 05 birth of leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer  

1711  On August - 05 birth of johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer  

1749  On August - 05 birth of thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1797  On this day in history birth of friedrich August Kummer, composer  

1802  On this day in history birth of niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons)  

1811  On August - 05 birth of ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)  

1813  Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general was born on August - 05.  

1813  Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet was born on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history birth of edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica)  

1822  Johann Georg Herzog, composer was born on August - 05.  

1827  On August - 05 birth of deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892)  

1828  Giovanni Rossi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1828  WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands was born on August - 05.  

1829  On this day in history birth of heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer  

1829  On this day in history birth of milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904  

1830  On this day in history birth of james A Healy, 1st black bishop in America  

1833  Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907) was born on August - 05.  

1843  On this day in history birth of james Scott Skinner, composer  

1850  On August - 05 birth of anton Simon, composer  

1850  On August - 05 birth of guy de Maupassant, France, author (Boule de Suif)  

1860  On this day in history birth of joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man"  

1862  On August - 05 birth of joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (d. 1890)  

1864  Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer was born on August - 05.  

1866  On August - 05 birth of alfred Holy, composer  

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0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)  

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.  

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)  

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)  

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)  

1610  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile  

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.