Famous Personalities Born In January - 20
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
1292 On January - 20 birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) 

1358 Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) was born on January - 20. 

1435 Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) was born on January - 20. 

1554 On this day in history birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) 

1586 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) was born on this day in history. 

1622 On this day in history birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns 

1654 On January - 20 birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet 

1664 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) was born on this day in history. 

1681 On January - 20 birth of francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer 

1703 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer was born on this day in history. 

1716 On January - 20 birth of carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits 

1716 King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) was born on January - 20. 

1716 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795) was born on January - 20. 

1732 Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history. 

1743 On January - 20 birth of pascal Boyer, composer 

1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born on this day in history. 

1762 On January - 20 birth of jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer 

1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot was born on this day in history. 

1775 André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history. 

1781 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848) was born on this day in history. 

1782 Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria was born on January - 20. 

1783 Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born on this day in history. 

1798 On this day in history birth of anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) 

1804 Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857) was born on this day in history. 

1806 Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag) was born on January - 20. 

1809 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma) was born on this day in history. 

1812 On this day in history birth of ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892 

1812 On this day in history birth of thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) 

1813 Jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 was born on January - 20. 

1820 On this day in history birth of anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women 

1831 On this day in history birth of pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) 

1834 On this day in history birth of george D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) 

1837 On January - 20 birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) 

1843 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London) was born on January - 20. 

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