Famous Birthdays In January - 19

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

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

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

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1686  Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on this day in history.  

1736  James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine) was born on January - 19.  

1736  Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95 was born on January - 19.  

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1737  Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) was born on January - 19.  

1739  Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born on January - 19.  

1749  Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian was born on January - 19.  

1752  On January - 19 birth of james Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820)  

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

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

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 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  On January - 19 birth of robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)  

1807  On January - 19 birth of robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)  

1807  On this day in history birth of robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870)  

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

1809  On this day in history birth of edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

1837  William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history.  

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

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0639  On this day in history dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies  

1479  On this day in history johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81  

1526  On January - 19 death of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)  

1547  On this day in history death of henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29  

1549  On this day in history barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies  

1576  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on January - 19.  

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

1625  On January - 19 erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32