Famous Birthdays In January - 21
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
1337 On this day in history birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)
1338 On this day in history birth of king Charles V of France (d. 1380)
1571 On January - 21 birth of john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)
1659 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.
1721 On this day in history birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on this day in history.
1743 On this day in history birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)
1746 Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS] was born on this day in history.
1751 On January - 21 birth of josephus Andreas Fodor, composer
1759 Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot was born on January - 21.
1762 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer
1771 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director was born on this day in history.
1775 On this day in history birth of manuel Garcia, composer
1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) was born on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history birth of john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author
1801 On January - 21 birth of ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer
1804 On this day in history birth of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
1814 On this day in history birth of thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer
1815 Horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia) was born on January - 21.
1815 On January - 21 birth of john Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900)
1821 On this day in history birth of john Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed)
1823 On January - 21 birth of alexandre Edouard Goria, composer
1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) was born on this day in history.
1825 On January - 21 birth of imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
1827 Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900) was born on January - 21.
1829 On this day in history birth of oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
1833 Norman Willis, union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress) was born on January - 21.
1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on January - 21.
1848 On this day in history birth of henri Duparc, French composer
1855 On January - 21 birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer
1859 On this day in history birth of antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
1860 Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915) was born on January - 21.
1867 On January - 21 birth of james Marcus, New York, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail)
1867 Maxime Weygard, French general/gov-gen (Algeria) was born on this day in history.