Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
0399 On January - 19 birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)
1200 On January - 19 birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
1544 On this day in history birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)
1613 On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer
1639 On this day in history birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian
1676 John Weldon, composer was born on January - 19.
1679 Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.
1686 On this day in history birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1736 James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine) was born on this day in history.
1736 On this day in history birth of laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
1737 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) was born on this day in history.
1739 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born on this day in history.
1749 On January - 19 birth of isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
1752 James Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.
1757 On January - 19 birth of augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)
1760 Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer was born on January - 19.
1790 On this day in history birth of per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)
1798 Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) was born on this day in history.
1802 On January - 19 birth of [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831)
1806 On this day in history birth of vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer
1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) was born on this day in history.
1807 On January - 19 birth of robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
1807 Robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870) was born on January - 19.
1808 Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) was born on January - 19.
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) was born on this day in history.
1813 Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine) was born on January - 19.
1816 Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on January - 19.
1820 John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 was born on this day in history.
1827 On January - 19 birth of carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,)
1830 On January - 19 birth of george Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1832 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Laub, composer
1832 On January - 19 birth of salvador Giner y Vidal, composer
1837 On January - 19 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
1839 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on this day in history.