Famous Birthdays In January - 05

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

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on January - 05.  

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

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

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

1596  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1667  On this day in history birth of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740)  

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

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1696  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader  

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  Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer was born on January - 05.  

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

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 this day in history birth of john Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)  

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

1806  On January - 05 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 January - 05.  

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 January - 05 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  Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on this day in history.  

1387  On this day in history pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67  

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 this day in history.  

1448  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on January - 05.  

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.