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Famous Birthdays In January - 11

Monday, 20 May 2013

1322 On this day in history birth of emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)

1359 On this day in history birth of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)

1395 Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422) was born on this day in history.

1403 On this day in history birth of jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg

1449 On this day in history birth of domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter

1503 Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck) was born on this day in history.

1591 On this day in history birth of robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)

1630 On this day in history birth of john Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684)

1671 François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745) was born on this day in history.

1703 Columban Praelisauer, composer was born on this day in history.

1720 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent was born on this day in history.

1723 On this day in history birth of prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (d. 1774)

1727 Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer was born on this day in history.

1746 Frantisek Adam Mica, composer was born on this day in history.

1746 William Curtis, English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine) was born on this day in history.

1750 Johann Jakob Walder, composer was born on this day in history.

1755 On this day in history birth of alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)

1755 Alexander Hamilton, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.

1757 Alexander Hamilton, West Indies, 1st US Sec of Treasury ($10 face) was born on this day in history.

1757 On this day in history birth of samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)

1788 William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866) was born on this day in history.

1800 Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895) was born on this day in history.

1801 John Lodge Ellerton, composer was born on this day in history.

1807 Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.

1807 Ezra Cornell, founder (Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University) was born on this day in history.

1808 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist was born on this day in history.

1814 James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget) was born on this day in history.

1814 Richard Griffith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.

1815 On this day in history birth of john A MacDonald, (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73)

1816 On this day in history birth of fitz-Henry Warren, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878

1818 John Reese Kenly, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.

1825 On this day in history birth of bayard Taylor, U.S. poet and writer (d. 1878

1831 James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.

1839 On this day in history birth of eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar

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Famous People Died On This Day In History

1055 On this day in history constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies

1083 On this day in history death of otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (c. 1020)

1494 On this day in history death of domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)

1495 On this day in history death of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428)

1547 On this day in history death of pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470)

1552 Johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies on this day in history.

1641 Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], French theologist, dies on this day in history.

1650 On this day in history paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49