Famous Personalities Born In January - 20
Monday, 17 November 2025
1292 On January - 20 birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) 

1358 Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) was born on January - 20. 

1435 On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) 

1554 On January - 20 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 January - 20 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 January - 20 birth of joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer 

1716 On January - 20 birth of carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits 

1716 King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) was born on January - 20. 

1716 On this day in history birth of jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795) 

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

1743 On this day in history birth of pascal Boyer, composer 

1761 On January - 20 birth of giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer 

1762 On January - 20 birth of jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer 

1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot was born on this day in history. 

1775 On this day in history birth of andré-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836) 

1781 On this day in history birth of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848) 

1782 Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria was born on January - 20. 

1783 Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born on January - 20. 

1798 On January - 20 birth of anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) 

1804 Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857) was born on this day in history. 

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 January - 20. 

1812 On this day in history birth of thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) 

1813 On this day in history birth of jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 

1820 Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women was born on January - 20. 

1831 Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) was born on this day in history. 

1834 On January - 20 birth of george D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) 

1837 On January - 20 birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) 

1843 On January - 20 birth of pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London) 

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