Famous Birthdays In January - 08
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
1081 Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on January - 08.
1556 Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.
1583 On January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist
1587 On this day in history birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
1589 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.
1601 Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on January - 08.
1628 Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on this day in history.
1632 Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on this day in history.
1635 Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.
1658 Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix) was born on January - 08.
1668 On this day in history birth of jean Gilles, composer
1735 On January - 08 birth of john Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815)
1763 On January - 08 birth of edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834)
1767 On January - 08 birth of abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28)
1777 On this day in history birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist
1779 On January - 08 birth of john White, composer
1786 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank was born on January - 08.
1787 Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer was born on this day in history.
1788 Erik Drake, composer was born on January - 08.
1788 On January - 08 birth of archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831)
1788 On this day in history birth of pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
1791 On this day in history birth of jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)
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 January - 08.
1805 Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878) was born on January - 08.
1810 Robert Schumann, Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik) was born on this day in history.
1812 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer was born on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history birth of william Henry Holmes, composer
1814 Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist was born on this day in history.
1814 Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on January - 08.
1815 On January - 08 birth of george Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
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 Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893) was born on January - 08.