Famous Birthdays In January - 05

1209  On this day in history birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)  

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on this day in history.  

1587  On January - 05 birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)  

1592  On January - 05 birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal  

1596  On this day in history birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

1614  On January - 05 birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)  

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 this day in history.  

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1696  Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1759  On January - 05 birth of jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader  

1762  Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.  

1769  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)  

1773  On this day in history birth of pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer  

1778  Fortunato Santini, composer was born on January - 05.  

1779  On January - 05 birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)  

1779  Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born on January - 05.  

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  On this day in history birth of andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)  

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  Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903 was born on this day in history.  

1822  On January - 05 birth of joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894  

1823  On this day in history birth of william Rockstro, composer  

1828  On this day in history birth of august Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895  

1829  On this day in history 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 January - 05 birth of william John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861)  

1835  On this day in history birth of friedrich Richard Faltin, composer  

1835  Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten was born on January - 05.  

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0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on January - 05.  

1066  On January - 05 edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies  

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1425  Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on January - 05.  

1448  On January - 05 death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)  

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

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on January - 05.