Famous Birthdays In January - 05

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 this day in history.  

1560  On January - 05 birth of william Cobbold, composer  

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  On January - 05 birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

1614  On January - 05 birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)  

1661  On January - 05 birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer  

1667  Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) was born on this day in history.  

1679  Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1759  Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader was born on January - 05.  

1762  On January - 05 birth of constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842)  

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  On this day in history birth of fortunato Santini, composer  

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 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 January - 05.  

1810  On this day in history birth of auguste Mermet, composer  

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

1813  On January - 05 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  On January - 05 birth of william Rockstro, composer  

1828  On January - 05 birth of august Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895  

1829  Sir Roger Tichborne, missing U.K. heir who was the subject of the longest criminal trial in British history (d. c.1854) was born on January - 05.  

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 this day in history death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)  

1066  On this day in history edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies  

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on this day in history.  

1425  On January - 05 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  On January - 05 charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43