Famous Birthdays In February - 05

0976  On February - 05 birth of sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)   

1505  Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on February - 05.   

1519  René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on February - 05.   

1534  On February - 05 birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)   

1589  On this day in history birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet   

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on February - 05.   

1608  On this day in history birth of gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)   

1626  On February - 05 birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)   

1662  Giuseppi Vignola, composer was born on February - 05.   

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  On February - 05 birth of james Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)   

1732  On this day in history birth of nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer   

1744  On February - 05 birth of john Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist   

1748  On this day in history birth of christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven   

1753  Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot was born on February - 05.   

1770  On this day in history birth of alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)   

1775  On this day in history birth of margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)   

1778  Robert Peel, British PM (1834-46)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 05.   

1784  Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)   

1799  On this day in history birth of john Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany)   

1804  Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet was born on February - 05.   

1808  On this day in history birth of carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)   

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  On this day in history birth of dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement)   

1840  Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) was born on this day in history.   

1840  John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) was born on February - 05.   

1848  On this day in history birth of belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], US female outlaw (wild west)   

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0995  On this day in history death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  On this day in history death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1658  On February - 05 maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52   

1679  Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on February - 05.   

1705  On February - 05 jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on February - 05.