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Famous Birthdays In January - 20

Saturday, 25 May 2013

1292 Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.

1358 On this day in history birth of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382)

1435 Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) was born on this day in history.

1554 On this day in history birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)

1586 On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)

1622 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns was born on this day in history.

1654 On this day in history birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet

1664 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.

1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer was born on this day in history.

1703 On this day in history birth of joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer

1716 Carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits was born on this day in history.

1716 On this day in history birth of king Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)

1716 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.

1732 On this day in history birth of richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)

1743 Pascal Boyer, composer was born on this day in history.

1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born on this day in history.

1762 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer was born on this day in history.

1763 On this day in history birth of theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot

1775 André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.

1781 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848) was born on this day in history.

1782 On this day in history birth of johan B J F S, archduke of Austria

1783 Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.

1798 On this day in history birth of anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858)

1804 On this day in history birth of eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)

1806 Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag) was born on this day in history.

1809 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma) was born on this day in history.

1812 Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.

1812 Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.

1813 Jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.

1820 Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women was born on this day in history.

1831 On this day in history birth of pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa)

1834 On this day in history birth of george D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)

1837 On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)

1843 On this day in history birth of pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)

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Famous People Died On This Day In History

1156 On this day in history death of bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland

1191 On this day in history death of frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)

1479 John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.

1569 On this day in history miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80

1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59 on this day in history.

1639 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies on this day in history.

1666 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 on this day in history.

1691 On this day in history christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77