Famous Birthdays In August - 05
Sunday, 24 January 2021
1301 Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.
1397 Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.
1461 Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.
1540 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.
1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on August - 05.
1607 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.
1623 Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.
1624 William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.
1641 On this day in history birth of john Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)
1662 On August - 05 birth of james Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
1694 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer was born on this day in history.
1711 On this day in history birth of johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer
1749 Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on August - 05.
1797 On August - 05 birth of friedrich August Kummer, composer
1802 On August - 05 birth of niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons)
1811 On this day in history birth of ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)
1813 On this day in history birth of carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general
1813 Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet was born on this day in history.
1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica) was born on August - 05.
1822 On August - 05 birth of johann Georg Herzog, composer
1827 Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892) was born on August - 05.
1828 On August - 05 birth of giovanni Rossi, composer
1828 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands was born on August - 05.
1829 Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer was born on this day in history.
1829 On August - 05 birth of milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
1830 James A Healy, 1st black bishop in America was born on this day in history.
1833 On August - 05 birth of carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907)
1843 James Scott Skinner, composer was born on August - 05.
1850 Anton Simon, composer was born on August - 05.
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 Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (d. 1890) was born on August - 05.
1864 Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer was born on this day in history.
1866 Alfred Holy, composer was born on August - 05.