Famous Personalities Born In January - 08
Friday, 02 May 2025
1081 On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)
1556 On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)
1583 On January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist
1587 On January - 08 birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
1589 On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
1601 On this day in history 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 Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.
1658 On January - 08 birth of nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
1668 On January - 08 birth of jean Gilles, composer
1735 On this day in history birth of john Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815)
1763 On this day in history 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 Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist was born on January - 08.
1779 On this day in history birth of john White, composer
1786 On January - 08 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 January - 08.
1788 Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) was born on January - 08.
1788 Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.
1791 On this day in history birth of jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)
1792 Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) was born on January - 08.
1805 John Bigler, American politician (d. 1871) was born on January - 08.
1805 On January - 08 birth of orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878)
1810 On January - 08 birth of robert Schumann, Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)
1812 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer was born on January - 08.
1812 William Henry Holmes, composer was born on this day in history.
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 George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 was born on January - 08.
1815 On January - 08 birth of lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1817 On January - 08 birth of john Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
1817 Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.