Born on September 5
September 5 birthdays & history
If you were born on September 5, you share a birthday with Louis XIV, Freddie Mercury and Caspar David Friedrich. September 5 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 5 is the 249th day of the year in leap years (248th in other years).
Famous people born on September 5
- 1638Louis XIV, king of France
- 1946Freddie Mercury, British singer and songwriter
- 1774Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and etcher
- 1951Michael Keaton, American actor and producer
- 1942Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1568Tommaso Campanella, Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian
- 1912John Cage, American composer and theorist
- 1905Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author
- 1940Raquel Welch, American actress and singer
- 2001Bukayo Saka, English footballer
What happened on September 5
- 917Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the state of Southern Han at his capital of Panyu (present-day Guangzhou) in southern China.
- 1367Swa Saw Ke became the ruler of the Kingdom of Ava in Upper Myanmar.
- 1774In response to the British Parliament's enactment of the so-called Intolerable Acts, representatives from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies convened the First Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia.
- 1816Facing rising discontent in France, Louis XVIII was forced to dissolve the Chambre introuvable, the legislature dominated by Ultra-royalists.
- 1836Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- 1882A group of London schoolboys led by Bobby Buckle founded Hotspur Football Club to continue to play sports during the winter months.
- 1882The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
- 1915The Zimmerwald Conference, the first of three international socialist conferences forming the Zimmerwald movement, opened in Switzerland.
- 1915The Casablanca Fair opened in the French protectorate in Morocco.
- 1932The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
- 1944Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
- 1977NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Also observed on September 5
- International Day of Charity
- Teacher's Day (India)
- The flag-flying day for Denmark's deployed personnel (Denmark)
- First day of school in Vietnam
Questions, answered
What star sign is September 5?
People born on September 5 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.
Which famous people were born on September 5?
Louis XIV (1638), Freddie Mercury (1946), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Michael Keaton (1951), Werner Herzog (1942), Tommaso Campanella (1568) were all born on September 5.
What happened on September 5 in history?
Among other things: in 1932, The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger; in 1944, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux; in 1977, NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Can I get a newspaper front page from September 5?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 5 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “September 5”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.