Famous Birthdays In December - 05

1377  On this day in history birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)  

1443  On December - 05 birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)  

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)  

1537  On December - 05 birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)  

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)  

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet  

1547  On December - 05 birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian  

1661  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)  

1666  On this day in history birth of francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer  

1687  Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1697  Carlo Arrigoni, composer was born on this day in history.  

1697  On this day in history birth of giuseppe de Majo, composer  

1724  Joseph Friebert, composer was born on December - 05.  

1782  On this day in history birth of martin Van Buren, Kinderhook NY, (D) 8th pres (1837-41)  

1786  On this day in history birth of henry Drummond, English banker/apostole  

1803  On December - 05 birth of fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Russian poet (d. 1873)  

1820  On this day in history birth of afanasy Fet, Russian poet (d. 1892)  

1822  Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American college president (d. 1907) was born on December - 05.  

1824  Titian James Coffey, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1867 was born on December - 05.  

1826  On December - 05 birth of john Benjamin Sanborn, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1904  

1829  Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French Canadian politician (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.  

1830  Christina Rossetti, London, poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away) was born on this day in history.  

1839  George Armstrong Custer, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1876 was born on December - 05.  

1841  Marcus Daly, American mining tycoon (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.  

1844  On December - 05 birth of john Frederick Bridge, composer  

1852  On December - 05 birth of thomas Linnemann Laub, composer  

1855  On this day in history birth of clinton Hart Merriam, American ornithologist (d. 1942)  

1859  John Jellicoe, British admiral (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history birth of armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24)  

1863  On this day in history birth of paul P Painlevé, French PM (1917, 1925), mathematician [OS]  

1867  Józef Piłsudski, Polish revolutionary and statesman (d. 1935) was born on December - 05.  

1867  On December - 05 birth of antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist (d. February 2, 1925)  

1868  On December - 05 birth of arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (d. 1951)  

1869  Ellis Parker Butler, American author (d. 1937) was born on December - 05.  

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0063  On December - 05 death of publius Cornelius Lentulus (Sura), Roman statesman  

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on this day in history.  

1082  On December - 05 death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona  

1212  On December - 05 derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies  

1244  Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on December - 05.  

1355  On this day in history jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies  

1560  On this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16  

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on this day in history.