Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Saturday, 14 June 2025
0399 On this day in history birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)
1200 On this day in history birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
1544 On January - 19 birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)
1613 On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer
1639 Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on this day in history.
1676 John Weldon, composer was born on January - 19.
1679 Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.
1686 On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1736 James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine) was born on January - 19.
1736 On January - 19 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 January - 19.
1739 On this day in history birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
1749 Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian was born on January - 19.
1752 On this day in history birth of james Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820)
1757 On this day in history birth of augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)
1760 Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer was born on this day in history.
1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) was born on this day in history.
1798 Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) was born on this day in history.
1802 On this day in history birth of [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831)
1806 Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer was born on this day in history.
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 On January - 19 birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) was born on January - 19.
1813 On January - 19 birth of henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
1816 On this day in history birth of henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1820 On this day in history birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
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 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer was born on this day in history.
1837 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history.
1839 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on this day in history.