Famous Birthdays In January - 01

1748  Giovanni Furno, composer was born on January - 01.  

1750  On this day in history birth of frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)  

1752  On January - 01 birth of elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, flag maker  

1764  On January - 01 birth of john Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet (Minderjarige Zangster)  

1767  Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849) was born on this day in history.  

1774  André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.  

1777  On this day in history birth of micah Hawkins, composer  

1779  William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) was born on January - 01.  

1784  On January - 01 birth of william Beale, composer  

1800  Sydney Nelson, composer was born on January - 01.  

1800  On this day in history birth of vaclav Horak, composer  

1809  John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet) was born on this day in history.  

1814  Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.  

1815  Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neocriticism) was born on this day in history.  

1817  Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist was born on January - 01.  

1819  Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold was born on January - 01.  

1819  On January - 01 birth of george Foster Shepley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1878  

1823  Sándor PetÅ‘fi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849) was born on this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history birth of william Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1831  William Joseph Westbrook, composer was born on January - 01.  

1833  Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.  

1834  On this day in history birth of ludovic Halévy, French playwright (d. 1908)  

1838  William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.  

1843  Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer was born on this day in history.  

1846  Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926) was born on this day in history.  

1848  On this day in history birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)  

1852  Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

1853  Hans Koessler, composer was born on January - 01.  

1854  On this day in history birth of james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)  

1862  On this day in history birth of snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)  

1863  Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) was born on this day in history.  

1863  On January - 01 birth of pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games)  

1864  On January - 01 birth of alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work)  

1865  On January - 01 birth of giuseppe Ferrata, composer  

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0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.  

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.  

0874  On this day in history death of hasan al-Askari, eleventh Shia Imam (b. 846)  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.  

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.  

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.