Famous Birthdays In January - 20

1292  Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330) was born on January - 20.  

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 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 January - 20.  

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  Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1703  On this day in history birth of joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer  

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1716  Carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits was born on January - 20.  

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

1743  On this day in history birth of pascal Boyer, composer  

1761  Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born on January - 20.  

1762  Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer was born on January - 20.  

1763  On this day in history birth of theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot  

1775  On this day in history birth of andré-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836)  

1781  Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848) was born on January - 20.  

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

1804  On this day in history birth of eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)  

1806  Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag) was born on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history birth of sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma)  

1812  On January - 20 birth of ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892  

1812  Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

1813  Jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.  

1820  Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women was born on January - 20.  

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

1834  George D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on January - 20.  

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

1843  On January - 20 birth of pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)  

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

0287  On this day in history death of st. Sebastian  

0820  Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies on January - 20.  

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

0882  On January - 20 louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies  

1156  Death of Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland on this day in history.  

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

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