Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Thursday, 18 December 2025
0399 On January - 19 birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) 

1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on this day in history. 

1544 On this day in history birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) 

1613 Jacques Huyn, composer was born on this day in history. 

1639 On this day in history birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian 

1676 John Weldon, composer was born on this day in history. 

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

1686 Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on January - 19. 

1736 On this day in history 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. 

1737 On January - 19 birth of jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) 

1739 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born on this day in history. 

1749 Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian was born on this day in history. 

1752 James Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820) was born on this day in history. 

1757 Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831) was born on January - 19. 

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 On January - 19 birth of auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) 

1802 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) was born on January - 19. 

1806 On January - 19 birth of vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer 

1807 On this day in history birth of robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) 

1807 Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870) was born on January - 19. 

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 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 

1827 On this day in history birth of carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,) 

1830 George Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909 was born on January - 19. 

1832 Ferdinand Laub, composer was born on January - 19. 

1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer was born on January - 19. 

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

1839 On January - 19 birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer 

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