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Famous Birthdays In January - 07

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

1355 Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397) was born on this day in history.

1528 Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV was born on this day in history.

1539 On this day in history birth of sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer

1611 James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans) was born on this day in history.

1612 On this day in history birth of paul de La Pierre, composer

1634 On this day in history birth of adam Krieger, German composer

1647 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)

1652 On this day in history birth of pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian

1653 On this day in history birth of bernhard Albinus, Germany, court-physician (Frederick of Prussia)

1685 Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company was born on this day in history.

1685 On this day in history birth of jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761)

1706 On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)

1710 Josef Antonin Sehling, composer was born on this day in history.

1718 Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.

1768 On this day in history birth of joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844)

1786 John Catron, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.

1796 On this day in history birth of princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)

1799 Daniel Tyler, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 was born on this day in history.

1800 On this day in history birth of millard Fillmore, Locke NY, (Whig) 13th president (1850-53)

1808 On this day in history birth of jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894

1816 On this day in history birth of stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881

1821 Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Brig General (Confed Army), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.

1822 Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author (Goethe) was born on this day in history.

1822 Theodor Aufrecht, German indologist (Rigveda's Hymns) was born on this day in history.

1824 On this day in history birth of james Morrison Hawes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889

1827 On this day in history birth of sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)

1830 (Samuel) Emerson Opdycke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.

1830 Albert Bierstadt, Germany, painter (US landscapes) was born on this day in history.

1832 On this day in history birth of james Munro, Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)

1834 Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and inventor (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.

1842 Johan Lindegren, composer was born on this day in history.

1844 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary was born on this day in history.

1845 On this day in history birth of louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18)

1845 Paul Deusen, German philosopher (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft) was born on this day in history.

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Famous Deaths In January - 07

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1130 On this day in history baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83

1285 On this day in history charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58

1325 On this day in history dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies

1400 On this day in history death of thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)

1451 On this day in history amadeus VIII, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies at 67

1529 Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies on this day in history.

1536 On this day in history catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies

1537 On this day in history death of alessandro de' Medici, Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated