Famous Birthdays In August - 05

1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)  

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.  

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)  

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer  

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

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America  

1641  On August - 05 birth of john Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)  

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

Advertisements

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

1711  Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

1749  On this day in history birth of thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1797  Friedrich August Kummer, composer was born on August - 05.  

1802  Niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons) was born on this day in history.  

1811  Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

1813  Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general was born on this day in history.  

1813  On August - 05 birth of ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet  

1815  Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica) was born on August - 05.  

1822  Johann Georg Herzog, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1828  Giovanni Rossi, composer was born on August - 05.  

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  Milo Smith Hascall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904 was born on August - 05.  

1830  On August - 05 birth of james A Healy, 1st black bishop in America  

1833  On this day in history birth of carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907)  

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

1850  Anton Simon, composer was born on August - 05.  

1850  Guy de Maupassant, France, author (Boule de Suif) was born on August - 05.  

1860  Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man" was born on this day in history.  

1862  Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (d. 1890) was born on August - 05.  

1864  On August - 05 birth of resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer  

1866  Alfred Holy, composer was born on August - 05.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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

1063  On this day in history death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

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

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.  

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

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

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

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61