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Famous Birthdays In January - 27

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

1443 Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on this day in history.

1546 On this day in history birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)

1556 On this day in history birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)

1585 Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) was born on this day in history.

1592 On this day in history birth of pierre de La Barre, composer

1603 Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.

1621 Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.

1662 On this day in history birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist

1679 On this day in history birth of jean-Francois de Troy, French painter

1701 Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop) was born on this day in history.

1715 On this day in history birth of vaclav Kalous, composer

1720 Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror) was born on this day in history.

1723 On this day in history birth of johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet

1741 Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (d. 1821) was born on this day in history.

1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro) was born on this day in history.

1775 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)

1775 On this day in history birth of manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, Spanish tenor/composer

1784 Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer was born on this day in history.

1805 Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision) was born on this day in history.

1805 On this day in history birth of sophie of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria (d. 1872)

1805 On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1877)

1806 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.

1808 David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life) was born on this day in history.

1814 On this day in history birth of eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879)

1821 John Chivington, American officer, (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.

1822 On this day in history birth of thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883

1823 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole) was born on this day in history.

1824 Jozef Israels, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.

1826 Richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879 was born on this day in history.

1828 On this day in history birth of louis Schubert, composer

1828 On this day in history birth of samuel Allen Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864

1830 On this day in history birth of georg Hellmesberger, composer

1830 William Henry Fitzhugh Payne, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.

1832 Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth (Alice in Wonderland) was born on this day in history.

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Famous Deaths In January - 27

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1164 On this day in history abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies

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

1540 On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies

1565 On this day in history robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies

1612 On this day in history death of maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77

1625 On this day in history adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49

1629 Hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.

1638 Death of Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist on this day in history.