Famous Personalities Born In January - 05
Saturday, 14 June 2025
1209 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.
1548 Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.
1560 On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer
1587 On January - 05 birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
1592 On this day in history birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
1596 Henry Lawes, English composer was born on January - 05.
1614 On January - 05 birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)
1661 On this day in history birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer
1667 Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) was born on this day in history.
1679 On this day in history birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer
1696 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757)
1710 Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer was born on January - 05.
1717 On this day in history birth of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
1729 Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter was born on January - 05.
1759 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader was born on this day in history.
1762 Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.
1769 Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics) was born on January - 05.
1773 Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer was born on this day in history.
1778 On January - 05 birth of fortunato Santini, composer
1779 On this day in history birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)
1779 On January - 05 birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)
1787 On January - 05 birth of john Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)
1788 On this day in history birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer
1806 On this day in history birth of andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)
1810 Auguste Mermet, composer was born on this day in history.
1811 Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born on this day in history.
1813 On January - 05 birth of thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
1822 Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 was born on January - 05.
1823 On January - 05 birth of william Rockstro, composer
1828 August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.
1829 On January - 05 birth of sir Roger Tichborne, missing U.K. heir who was the subject of the longest criminal trial in British history (d. c.1854)
1834 William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.
1835 On this day in history birth of friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
1835 On January - 05 birth of hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten