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Famous Birthdays In January - 25

Friday, 24 May 2013

1037 Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on this day in history.

1477 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII was born on this day in history.

1509 Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.

1540 Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes) was born on this day in history.

1615 On this day in history birth of govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)

1626 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter was born on this day in history.

1627 Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color) was born on this day in history.

1634 Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88) was born on this day in history.

1640 On this day in history birth of william Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)

1688 On this day in history birth of juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw (d. 1713)

1708 Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian painter was born on this day in history.

1736 On this day in history birth of joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician

1739 Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) was born on this day in history.

1741 On this day in history birth of benedict Arnold, general/traitor (US revolution)

1750 On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Vierling, composer

1759 Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne) was born on this day in history.

1766 Hans CE Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king Willem I was born on this day in history.

1770 Francis Burdett, British politician was born on this day in history.

1777 On this day in history birth of elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)

1794 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878) was born on this day in history.

1796 On this day in history birth of william McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist

1806 On this day in history birth of daniel Maclise, Irish painter

1814 On this day in history birth of francis Harrison Pierpont, governor (Union), died in 1899

1826 On this day in history birth of rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure, Dutch MP

1834 On this day in history birth of pablo Hernandez Salces, composer

1839 Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 was born on this day in history.

1841 John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet was born on this day in history.

1844 Frederick E Kitziger, composer was born on this day in history.

1851 Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar) was born on this day in history.

1851 Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg) was born on this day in history.

1858 Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer was born on this day in history.

1858 Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. 1954) was born on this day in history.

1860 Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33) was born on this day in history.

1864 Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.

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Famous People Died On This Day In History

1067 Death of Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032) on this day in history.

1138 Anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies on this day in history.

1139 On this day in history godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies

1366 On this day in history death of henry Suso, German mystic

1431 Death of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364) on this day in history.

1494 On this day in history ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies

1547 On this day in history lieven Algoet, Flemish humanist, dies

1573 On this day in history death of hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (b. 1553)