Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
0399 On this day in history birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)
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 January - 19.
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 this day in history birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1736 On this day in history birth of james Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
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 January - 19.
1739 On January - 19 birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
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 Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831) was born on January - 19.
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 On January - 19 birth of auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)
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 On January - 19 birth of robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
1807 On this day in history birth of robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
1807 On January - 19 birth of robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870)
1808 On this day in history birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) was born on January - 19.
1813 Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine) was born on January - 19.
1816 On this day in history birth of henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1820 John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 was born on January - 19.
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 Ferdinand Laub, composer was born on January - 19.
1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer was born on January - 19.
1837 On January - 19 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
1839 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on January - 19.