Famous Birthdays In January - 08

1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)  

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.  

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on this day in history.  

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.  

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.  

1601  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)  

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier  

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist  

1635  On this day in history birth of luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709)  

1658  On this day in history birth of nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)  

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1668  Jean Gilles, composer was born on this day in history.  

1735  John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815) was born on January - 08.  

1763  Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834) was born on this day in history.  

1767  Abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28) was born on January - 08.  

1777  On January - 08 birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist  

1779  On this day in history birth of john White, composer  

1786  On this day in history birth of nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank  

1787  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Bohner, composer  

1788  Erik Drake, composer was born on this day in history.  

1788  Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) was born on January - 08.  

1788  On this day in history birth of pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)  

1791  Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt) was born on January - 08.  

1792  On this day in history birth of lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)  

1805  John Bigler, American politician (d. 1871) was born on this day in history.  

1805  Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878) was born on January - 08.  

1810  On this day in history birth of robert Schumann, Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)  

1812  On this day in history birth of sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer  

1812  On January - 08 birth of william Henry Holmes, composer  

1814  On January - 08 birth of johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist  

1814  Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on January - 08.  

1815  George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history birth of lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905  

1817  John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on January - 08.  

1817  On January - 08 birth of sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893)  

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0482  On this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies  

0624  On this day in history abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle  

1100  On this day in history death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)  

1107  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)  

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.  

1324  On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies  

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71  

1455  On January - 08 laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73