Famous Birthdays In January - 20

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  On January - 20 birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)  

1554  On January - 20 birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)  

1586  On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)  

1622  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns was born on this day in history.  

1654  Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet was born on January - 20.  

1664  On January - 20 birth of giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)  

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

1703  On January - 20 birth of joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer  

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1716  On this day in history birth of carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits  

1716  On this day in history birth of king Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)  

1716  On this day in history birth of jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)  

1732  On this day in history birth of richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)  

1743  Pascal Boyer, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1762  On this day in history birth of jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer  

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

1775  On January - 20 birth of andré-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836)  

1781  On this day in history birth of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)  

1782  On January - 20 birth of johan B J F S, archduke of Austria  

1783  On this day in history birth of justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)  

1798  Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) was born on this day in history.  

1804  Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857) was born on January - 20.  

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 January - 20 birth of thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896)  

1813  On this day in history birth of jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867  

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

1831  Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) was born on this day in history.  

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

1837  On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)  

1843  Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London) was born on this day in history.  

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0250  On this day in history fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies  

0287  On January - 20 death of st. Sebastian  

0820  Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies on this day in history.  

0842  On January - 20 theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies  

0882  On this day in history louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies  

1156  On January - 20 death of bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland  

1191  On January - 20 death of frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)  

1479  John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.