Famous Birthdays In January - 05

1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.   

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

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 this day in history birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)   

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

1667  Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) was born on January - 05.   

1679  On this day in history birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer   

1696  Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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  Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter was born on this day in history.   

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

1773  On this day in history birth of pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer   

1778  Fortunato Santini, composer was born on January - 05.   

1779  On this day in history birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)   

1779  On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)   

1787  John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage) was born on January - 05.   

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

1806  On this day in history birth of andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)   

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

1811  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.   

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 January - 05.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

0842  On January - 05 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  On January - 05 pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67   

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on January - 05.   

1425  On this day in history death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

1448  On January - 05 death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)   

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