Famous Personalities Born In January - 04
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1077 On January - 04 birth of emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)
1334 Amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye was born on January - 04.
1334 Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383) was born on this day in history.
1567 On January - 04 birth of franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect
1579 On January - 04 birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar
1581 James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible) was born on January - 04.
1604 On this day in history birth of jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe)
1643 Isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS] was born on this day in history.
1664 On this day in history birth of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
1672 On January - 04 birth of hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)
1710 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo) was born on this day in history.
1717 On this day in history birth of antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer
1720 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist was born on this day in history.
1726 On January - 04 birth of cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector
1739 Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) was born on January - 04.
1756 On this day in history birth of anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician
1759 On January - 04 birth of maria Rosa Coccia, composer
1772 On this day in history birth of paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter
1773 On January - 04 birth of johann Peter Heuschkel, composer
1785 On this day in history birth of jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)
1785 On this day in history birth of jakob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1863)
1789 On January - 04 birth of benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist
1797 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)
1805 On January - 04 birth of stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer
1807 Baltasar Saldoni, composer was born on this day in history.
1809 Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind) was born on this day in history.
1813 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier (1852-59) was born on January - 04.
1813 Isaac Pitman, Britain, inventor (stenographic shorthand) was born on this day in history.
1813 Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator was born on January - 04.
1821 John James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878 was born on January - 04.
1822 Joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.
1823 Otto van Rees, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1884-88) was born on January - 04.
1823 Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 was born on January - 04.
1832 On January - 04 birth of george Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893)