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  On January - 05 birth of william Cobbold, composer  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

1679  On January - 05 birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer  

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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  Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842) was born on January - 05.  

1769  On January - 05 birth of jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)  

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

1778  On January - 05 birth of fortunato Santini, composer  

1779  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1788  Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born on this day in history.  

1806  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten  

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0842  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1425  Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on this day in history.  

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

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on this day in history.  

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