Famous Birthdays In January - 05

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

1548  On this day in history birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)  

1560  On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer  

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.  

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on this day in history.  

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.  

1614  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)  

1661  On this day in history birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer  

1667  On January - 05 birth of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740)  

1679  On this day in history birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer  

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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 this day in history.  

1717  William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793) was born on January - 05.  

1729  On this day in history birth of paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter  

1759  Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader was born on this day in history.  

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 January - 05.  

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

1778  Fortunato Santini, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1787  John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) was born on January - 05.  

1788  Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born on January - 05.  

1806  On January - 05 birth of andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)  

1810  Auguste Mermet, composer was born on January - 05.  

1811  Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey) was born on January - 05.  

1813  Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903 was born on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history birth of joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894  

1823  William Rockstro, composer was born on January - 05.  

1828  August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895 was born on January - 05.  

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  William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.  

1835  Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer was born on January - 05.  

1835  On this day in history 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  On January - 05 pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67  

1400  On January - 05 death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)  

1425  On January - 05 death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned  

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

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on January - 05.  

1477  On this day in history charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43