Famous Personalities Born In February - 22
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1040 Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105) was born on this day in history.
1403 Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English was born on this day in history.
1403 On this day in history birth of charles VII of France (d. 1461)
1440 Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia was born on this day in history.
1500 On February - 22 birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)
1514 On February - 22 birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)
1542 On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer
1573 On this day in history birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer
1599 On this day in history birth of anthony Van Dyck, Antwerp Belgium, painter
1612 On this day in history birth of george Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
1634 On this day in history birth of petrus "Pieter" van Schooten, fortress architect
1684 On this day in history birth of william Pulteney, London, statesman (Earl of Bath)
1705 On this day in history birth of peter Arctedius, [Artedi], Swedish biologist
1714 On this day in history birth of louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795)
1732 George Washington, Virginia, 1st pres (1789-97) was born on February - 22.
1745 Joao de Sousa Carvalho, composer was born on this day in history.
1749 On this day in history birth of johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach
1756 On this day in history birth of georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821)
1761 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer was born on this day in history.
1761 On this day in history birth of jacob Kimball, composer
1764 On this day in history birth of alexander Campbell, composer
1770 On this day in history birth of jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
1772 On February - 22 birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer
1772 On this day in history birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer
1773 Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish (court)painter was born on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history birth of rembrandt Peale, portrait/historical painter (Court of Death)
1779 On February - 22 birth of joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer
1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist) was born on February - 22.
1796 On February - 22 birth of adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician
1796 Alexis Bachelot, French missionary (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.
1797 William I, Berlin, King of Prussia (1861-88)/German Emperor (1871-88) was born on this day in history.
1798 Charles Mynn Thruston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1873 was born on February - 22.
1806 Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875) was born on February - 22.
1810 Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer [OS] was born on this day in history.