Famous Birthdays In 1779

Jan 01 In the year 1779 birth of william Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)

Jan 05 In the year 1779 birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of john White, composer

Jan 15 On this day in history birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer

Jan 18 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born in the year 1779.

Jan 22 In the year 1779 birth of stefano Pavesi, composer

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)

Feb 20 In the year 1779 birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington

Feb 21 Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer was born on this day in history.

Feb 22 In the year 1779 birth of joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer

Feb 27 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.

Mar 01 In the year 1779 birth of jacob Gottfried Weber, composer

Mar 02 On this day in history birth of joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)

Mar 06 In the year 1779 birth of philipp Roth, composer

Mar 13 Oliver Shaw, composer was born in the year 1779.

Mar 15 Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848) was born in the year 1779.

Mar 15 William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) was born on this day in history.

Mar 21 Alexis Garaude, composer was born on this day in history.

Mar 28 Angelo Maria Benincori, composer was born on this day in history.

Apr 11 On this day in history birth of louise Reichardt, composer

Apr 21 On this day in history birth of william Knyvett, composer

May 02 In the year 1779 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)

May 25 On this day in history birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician

May 28 In the year 1779 birth of thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)

Jul 10 On this day in history birth of alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer

Jul 15 In the year 1779 birth of clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas)

Jul 20 Ignaz Schuster, composer was born on this day in history.

Jul 21 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer was born on this day in history.

Aug 01 In the year 1779 birth of francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)

Aug 01 Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) was born in the year 1779.

Aug 07 On this day in history birth of carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography

Aug 07 Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842) was born in the year 1779.

Aug 17 Franz de Paula Roser, composer was born in the year 1779.

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Jan 03 On this day in history death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)

Jan 20 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 on this day in history.

Jan 22 On this day in history death of claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)

Feb 02 Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1779.

Feb 07 William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1779.

Feb 14 In the year 1779 death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50

Feb 16 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on this day in history.

Feb 24 Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) died in the year 1779.