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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Jan 05 1209

    Richard 1st Earl of Cornwall born in Winchester Castle (d. 1272)

    Jan 05 1548

    Francisco Suarez Spanish theologian born in Granada Spain (d. 1617)

    Jan 05 1587

    Xu Xiake Chinese geographer born in Jiangsu China (d. 1641)

    Jan 05 1592

    Shah Jahan 5th Mughal Emperor of India (1628-58) who built the Taj Mahal for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal born in Lahore Mughal Empire (d. 1666)

    Jan 05 1596

    Henry Lawes English composer born in Dinton United Kingdom (d. 1662)

    Jan 05 1614

    Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria born in Wiener Neustadt Austria (d. 1662)

    Jan 05 1661

    Jacob Balthasar Schutz German composer born in Nuremberg (d. 1700)

    Jan 05 1667

    Antonio Lotti Italian Baroque composer born in Venice Italy (b. 1740)

    Jan 05 1679

    Pietro Filippo Scarlotti Italian composer born in Rome Italy (d. 1750)

    Jan 05 1696

    Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena Italian architect & painter born in Parma Italy (d. 1757)

    Jan 05 1717

    William Wildman Shute Barrington British statesman born in Becket Massachusetts (d. 1793)

    Jan 05 1729

    Paulus Constantijn la Fargue Dutch cartoonist & painter born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1782)

    Jan 05 1759

    Jacques Cathelineau French royalist & army leader born in Le Pin-en-Mauges France (d. 1793)

    Jan 05 1762

    Constanze Mozart wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Zell im Wiesental Germany (d. 1842)

    Jan 05 1769

    Jean Baptiste Say French economist (Political Economics) born in Lyon France (d. 1832)

    Jan 05 1773

    Pieter Fontijn Dutch painter & drawer born in Dordrecht Netherlands (d. 1839)

    Jan 05 1778

    Fortunato Santini Italian priest & composer born in Rome Italy (d. 1861)

    Jan 05 1779

    Stephen Decatur American naval hero (War of 1812) born in Sinepuxent Maryland (d. 1820)

    Jan 05 1779

    Zebulon Pike American brigadier general and explorer (Pikes Peak) born in Lamington New Jersey (d. 1813)

    Jan 05 1788

    Kaspar Ett German organist & composer born in Eresing Germany (d. 1847)

    Jan 05 1806

    Andr Henri Constant van Hasselt Belgian poet (La Belgium) born in Maastricht Meuse-Infrieure (d. 1874)

    Jan 05 1810

    Auguste Mermet French opera composer born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1889)

    Jan 05 1811

    Cyrus Hamlin American educatormissionary (est Robert College Turkey) born in Waterford Maine (d. 1900)

    Jan 05 1813

    Thomas Neville Waul Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Sumter County South Carolina (d. 1903)

    Jan 05 1822

    Joseph Brevard Kershaw Major General (Confederate Army) born in Camden South Carolina (d. 1894)

    Jan 05 1823

    William Rockstro English musicologist & composer born in Cheam Sutton (d. 1895)

    Jan 05 1828

    August Valentine Kautz German-American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Baden Germany (d. 1895)

    Jan 05 1837

    Algernon Charles Swinburne English poet & writer [or Apr 5] born in London United Kingdom (d. 1909)

    Jan 05 1838

    Camille Jordan French mathematician born in Lyon France (d. 1922)

    Jan 05 1840

    John Doby Kennedy Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Camden South Carolina (d. 1896)

    Jan 05 1846

    Rudolf Christoph Eucken German Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908) born in Aurich Germany (d. 1926)

    Jan 05 1848

    Khristo Botev Bulgarian poet & nationalist revolutionary born in Kalofer Bulgaria (d. 1876)

    Jan 05 1848

    Same Steele Canadian soldier born in Purbrook Canada West (d. 1919)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Jan 05 1349 Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V Earl of Holland and Zealand

    Jan 05 1438 Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara

    Jan 05 1463 French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris

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