Famous Personalities Born In January - 05
Friday, 21 February 2025
1209 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on January - 05.
1548 On this day in history birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)
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 Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.
1614 On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)
1661 Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on January - 05.
1667 Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740) was born on this day in history.
1679 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer was born on January - 05.
1696 Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757) was born on January - 05.
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 this day in history.
1759 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader was born on January - 05.
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 On this day in history birth of pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer
1778 Fortunato Santini, composer was born on January - 05.
1779 On January - 05 birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)
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 On January - 05 birth of kaspar Ett, German organist/composer
1806 On January - 05 birth of andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)
1810 Auguste Mermet, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1823 On this day in history birth of william Rockstro, composer
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 this day in history.
1835 On this day in history birth of friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
1835 On this day in history birth of hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten