1567 Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)

1601 Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)

1650 Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)

1663 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer

1679 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius

1719 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer

1740 Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792)

1746 Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal

1765 Robert Fulton, built 1st coml steamboat (or 0819)

1771 Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)

1774 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer

1776 Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis

1778 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer

1779 Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)

1796 Carlo Conti, composer

1797 Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)

1800 Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer

1802 August F Pott, German philologist (Etymology Forschungen)

1803 Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)

1805 Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer

1812 Maria Christina of Savoy, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836)

1814 Michael Kelly Lawler, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), dies in 1882

1816 John Curwen, composer

1838 August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)

1840 Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)

1842 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)

1845 Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)

1845 Johann Ernst Perabo, composer

1861 Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)

1863 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)

1875 Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater

1875 Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (d. 1899)

1877 René de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)

1878 Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)

1878 Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966)

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