Famous Birthdays In January - 05

1209  On January - 05 birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)  

1548  On January - 05 birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)  

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  On January - 05 birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

1614  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on January - 05.  

1667  Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) was born on this day in history.  

1679  Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer was born on January - 05.  

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1696  On January - 05 birth of giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757)  

1710  On January - 05 birth of friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer  

1717  On January - 05 birth of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)  

1729  On January - 05 birth of paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter  

1759  Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader was born on January - 05.  

1762  On this day in history birth of constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842)  

1769  Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics) was born on this day in history.  

1773  On January - 05 birth of pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer  

1778  On this day in history 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  John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) was born on January - 05.  

1788  On this day in history birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer  

1806  Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium) was born on this day in history.  

1810  Auguste Mermet, composer was born on this day in history.  

1811  On January - 05 birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)  

1813  On this day in history 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  William Rockstro, composer was born on January - 05.  

1828  On January - 05 birth of august Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895  

1829  Sir Roger Tichborne, missing U.K. heir who was the subject of the longest criminal trial in British history (d. c.1854) was born on January - 05.  

1834  William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861) was born on January - 05.  

1835  Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer was born on this day in history.  

1835  On January - 05 birth of hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten  

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0842  On January - 05 death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)  

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on January - 05.  

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on January - 05.  

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on this day in history.  

1425  On this day in history death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned  

1448  On this day in history death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)  

1465  On this day in history death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)  

1477  On January - 05 charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43