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Famous Birthdays In January - 19
Saturday, 18 May 2013
1200 On this day in history birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto Share it »
1544 Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1613 On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer Share it »
1639 Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on this day in history. Share it »
1676 On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer Share it »
1679 Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1686 Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on this day in history. Share it »
1736 James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1736 On this day in history birth of laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95 Share it »
1737 On this day in history birth of jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) Share it »
1739 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1749 Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian was born on this day in history. Share it »
1752 On this day in history birth of james Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820) Share it »
1757 On this day in history birth of augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831) Share it »
1760 Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1790 On this day in history birth of per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) Share it »
1798 On this day in history birth of auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) Share it »
1802 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1806 On this day in history birth of vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer Share it »
1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1807 On this day in history birth of robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870) Share it »
1807 On this day in history birth of robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870) Share it »
1808 On this day in history birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) Share it »
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1813 On this day in history birth of henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine) Share it »
1816 On this day in history birth of henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 Share it »
1820 John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 was born on this day in history. Share it »
1827 On this day in history birth of carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,) Share it »
1830 On this day in history birth of george Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909 Share it »
1832 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Laub, composer Share it »
1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1837 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1839 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1839 Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) was born on this day in history. Share it »
