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Famous Birthdays In January - 03

Monday, 20 May 2013

1196 Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.

1624 On this day in history birth of william Tucker, 1st Black child born in America

1680 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker was born on this day in history.

1698 Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.

1710 On this day in history birth of richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)

1719 On this day in history birth of francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)

1722 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752) was born on this day in history.

1730 Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.

1757 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer was born on this day in history.

1760 John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835) was born on this day in history.

1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator was born on this day in history.

1777 On this day in history birth of louis Poinsot, French instrument worker

1777 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born on this day in history.

1778 On this day in history birth of antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)

1786 On this day in history birth of johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer

1789 On this day in history birth of carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher

1793 On this day in history birth of lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist

1802 Feliks Ostrowski, composer was born on this day in history.

1802 On this day in history birth of charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (d. 1898)

1803 On this day in history birth of douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag)

1806 On this day in history birth of henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854)

1810 Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia) [or Jul 24] was born on this day in history.

1810 Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness was born on this day in history.

1819 On this day in history birth of thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892

1819 Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.

1823 On this day in history birth of jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer

1829 On this day in history birth of john G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian

1829 Konrad Duden, German linguist (Der grosse Duden) was born on this day in history.

1830 Alexander Ewing, composer was born on this day in history.

1835 On this day in history birth of larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor

1836 On this day in history birth of sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)

1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii was born on this day in history.

1853 Iwan Knorr, composer was born on this day in history.

1855 Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.

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Famous Deaths In January - 03

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1098 Death of Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown) on this day in history.

1322 On this day in history philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies

1437 On this day in history death of catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401)

1501 On this day in history ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59

1543 Juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies on this day in history.

1552 Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64 on this day in history.

1560 Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 on this day in history.

1570 On this day in history bartholomeus Latomus, [Steinmetz], Flemish archbishop of Trier, dies