Famous Personalities Born In February - 05
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
0976 On this day in history birth of sanjÅ, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)
1505 On this day in history birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)
1519 René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.
1534 On February - 05 birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)
1589 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on this day in history.
1589 On February - 05 birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
1608 Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on February - 05.
1626 On February - 05 birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
1662 On this day in history birth of giuseppi Vignola, composer
1703 On February - 05 birth of gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)
1711 Joseph Umstatt, composer was born on this day in history.
1723 John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence was born on February - 05.
1725 On February - 05 birth of james Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
1732 Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer was born on February - 05.
1744 On February - 05 birth of john Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist
1748 On February - 05 birth of christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven
1753 On February - 05 birth of coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot
1770 Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary) was born on this day in history.
1775 On February - 05 birth of margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)
1778 Robert Peel, British PM (1834-46)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 05.
1784 On this day in history birth of nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1818)
1788 On this day in history birth of karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)
1788 Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder (Bobbies) was born on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
1799 John Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany) was born on this day in history.
1804 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet was born on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history birth of carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
1810 On February - 05 birth of ole Bull, composer
1810 Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880) was born on February - 05.
1833 John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess mag) was born on this day in history.
1837 Dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) was born on this day in history.
1840 On this day in history birth of hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)
1840 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born on February - 05.
1848 Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], US female outlaw (wild west) was born on February - 05.