Famous Personalities Born In January - 05
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
1209 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on January - 05.
1548 Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on January - 05.
1560 William Cobbold, composer was born on this day in history.
1587 Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on January - 05.
1592 On this day in history birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
1596 Henry Lawes, English composer was born on January - 05.
1614 On January - 05 birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)
1661 On January - 05 birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer
1667 On January - 05 birth of antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740)
1679 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer was born on January - 05.
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 Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1769 On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)
1773 On January - 05 birth of pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer
1778 Fortunato Santini, composer was born on January - 05.
1779 Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born on January - 05.
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 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 On this day in history birth of auguste Mermet, composer
1811 On January - 05 birth of cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)
1813 Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903 was born on January - 05.
1822 On January - 05 birth of joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1823 William Rockstro, composer was born on January - 05.
1828 On January - 05 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 William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.
1835 On January - 05 birth of friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
1835 On this day in history birth of hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten