Famous Personalities Born In January - 05
Friday, 18 July 2025
1209 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
1592 Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on January - 05.
1596 Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.
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 January - 05 birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer
1696 Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757) was born on January - 05.
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 this day in history.
1762 Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842) was born on January - 05.
1769 On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)
1773 Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer was born on January - 05.
1778 Fortunato Santini, composer was born on this day in history.
1779 Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born on January - 05.
1779 Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born on January - 05.
1787 John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) was born on this day in history.
1788 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born on this day in history.
1806 Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium) was born on this day in history.
1810 Auguste Mermet, composer was born on January - 05.
1811 On this day in history birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)
1813 On January - 05 birth of thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
1822 On January - 05 birth of joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1823 William Rockstro, composer was born on this day in history.
1828 On January - 05 birth of august Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
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 On this day in history birth of william John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861)
1835 On January - 05 birth of friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
1835 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten was born on January - 05.