Famous Birthdays In January - 19

0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on January - 19.  

1200  Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on January - 19.  

1544  Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.  

1613  On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer  

1639  Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on this day in history.  

1676  On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer  

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on January - 19.  

1686  On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist  

1736  On January - 19 birth of james Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)  

1736  Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95 was born on this day in history.  

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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 January - 19.  

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 January - 19.  

1757  On this day in history birth of augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)  

1760  On this day in history birth of melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer  

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 January - 19 birth of vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer  

1807  Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) was born on January - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

1808  On January - 19 birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)  

1809  Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) was born on this day in history.  

1813  On January - 19 birth of henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)  

1816  Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.  

1820  On January - 19 birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888  

1827  Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,) was born on this day in history.  

1830  On January - 19 birth of george Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909  

1832  On January - 19 birth of ferdinand Laub, composer  

1832  On January - 19 birth of salvador Giner y Vidal, composer  

1837  On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)  

1839  Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on January - 19.  

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0639  On January - 19 dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies  

1479  Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1526  Death of Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) on January - 19.  

1547  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on this day in history.  

1549  On January - 19 barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies  

1576  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1591  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on January - 19.  

1625  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.