Famous Birthdays In January - 05

1209  On January - 05 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  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.  

1587  On January - 05 birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)  

1592  On January - 05 birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal  

1596  On this day in history birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

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

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  On January - 05 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  On this day in history birth of friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer  

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

1729  On this day in history birth of paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter  

1759  On January - 05 birth of jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader  

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

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  On January - 05 birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)  

1779  On January - 05 birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)  

1787  John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) was born on this day in history.  

1788  On January - 05 birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer  

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 January - 05.  

1822  On this day in history 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 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  William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861) was born on January - 05.  

1835  On this day in history birth of friedrich Richard Faltin, composer  

1835  Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten was born on this day in history.  

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0842  On this day in history 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  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)  

1477  On January - 05 charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43