Famous Birthdays In January - 05

1209  On this day in history 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  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.  

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on January - 05.  

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on January - 05.  

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on January - 05.  

1614  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  

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

1667  On this day in history 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  On January - 05 birth of giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757)  

1710  Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer was born on this day in history.  

1717  On January - 05 birth of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)  

1729  Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter was born on January - 05.  

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 January - 05.  

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  Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born on this day in history.  

1779  Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born on this day in history.  

1787  On January - 05 birth of john Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)  

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903  

1822  Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 was born on January - 05.  

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

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 this day in history birth of friedrich Richard Faltin, composer  

1835  On January - 05 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 this day in history death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned  

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

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

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on this day in history.