Famous Personalities Born In January - 20
Friday, 18 July 2025
1292 On this day in history birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)
1358 On this day in history birth of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382)
1435 On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)
1554 King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.
1586 On January - 20 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 On January - 20 birth of giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)
1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer was born on January - 20.
1703 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer was born on this day in history.
1716 On this day in history birth of carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits
1716 On this day in history birth of king Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1716 On this day in history birth of jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)
1732 On January - 20 birth of richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
1743 On this day in history birth of pascal Boyer, composer
1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born on this day in history.
1762 On January - 20 birth of jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer
1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot was born on January - 20.
1775 On this day in history birth of andré-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836)
1781 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848) was born on this day in history.
1782 On January - 20 birth of johan B J F S, archduke of Austria
1783 Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born on January - 20.
1798 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) was born on this day in history.
1804 On January - 20 birth of eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
1806 Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag) was born on January - 20.
1809 On January - 20 birth of sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma)
1812 On January - 20 birth of ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1812 On January - 20 birth of thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896)
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 January - 20.
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 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born on January - 20.
1843 On this day in history birth of pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)