Famous Birthdays In February - 05
Friday, 19 August 2022
0976 Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on February - 05.
1505 Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.
1519 On February - 05 birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)
1534 Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.
1589 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on this day in history.
1589 Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on February - 05.
1608 Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.
1626 On this day in history birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
1662 Giuseppi Vignola, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1725 James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.
1732 On this day in history birth of nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer
1744 John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist was born on this day in history.
1748 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven was born on this day in history.
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 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten) was born on this day in history.
1778 On February - 05 birth of robert Peel, British PM (1834-46)/founder (Tories)
1784 On February - 05 birth of nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1818)
1788 Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) was born on February - 05.
1788 Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder (Bobbies) was born on February - 05.
1795 Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871) was born on this day in history.
1799 On February - 05 birth of john Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany)
1804 On this day in history birth of johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet
1808 Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885) was born on February - 05.
1810 Ole Bull, composer was born on this day in history.
1810 On February - 05 birth of ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880)
1833 On February - 05 birth of john Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess mag)
1837 Dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) was born on February - 05.
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 this day in history.
1848 Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], US female outlaw (wild west) was born on this day in history.