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 January - 05 birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)  

1560  On January - 05 birth of william Cobbold, composer  

1587  On this day in history birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)  

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 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  Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757) was born on January - 05.  

1710  Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer was born on January - 05.  

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 January - 05 birth of jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader  

1762  Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.  

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

1773  Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer was born on this day in history.  

1778  On January - 05 birth of fortunato Santini, composer  

1779  Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born on January - 05.  

1779  Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born on January - 05.  

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

1788  Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer was born on January - 05.  

1806  Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium) was born on January - 05.  

1810  On January - 05 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 this day in history.  

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

1829  On January - 05 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 January - 05.  

1835  On this day in history 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  On January - 05 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  On this day in history 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 January - 05.  

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

1465  On January - 05 death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)  

1477  On this day in history charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43