Famous Birthdays In February - 05
Monday, 06 February 2023
0976 Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on this day in history.
1505 On this day in history birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)
1519 René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on February - 05.
1534 Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612) was born on February - 05.
1589 On February - 05 birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet
1589 Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.
1608 On this day in history birth of gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)
1626 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on February - 05.
1662 Giuseppi Vignola, composer was born on February - 05.
1703 Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764) was born on this day in history.
1711 On this day in history birth of joseph Umstatt, composer
1723 John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence was born on February - 05.
1725 James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.
1732 Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot
1770 Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary) was born on February - 05.
1775 On this day in history birth of margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)
1778 On February - 05 birth of robert Peel, British PM (1834-46)/founder (Tories)
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of john Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany)
1804 On February - 05 birth of johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet
1808 On this day in history birth of carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
1810 On this day in history birth of ole Bull, composer
1810 On this day in history birth of ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880)
1833 On this day in history 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 Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], US female outlaw (wild west) was born on this day in history.