Famous Birthdays In January - 21
Sunday, 28 May 2023
1337 On this day in history birth of charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)
1338 King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on January - 21.
1571 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on January - 21.
1659 On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
1721 James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on January - 21.
1735 On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Eckard, composer
1743 On January - 21 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 this day in history birth of josephus Andreas Fodor, composer
1759 On this day in history birth of johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot
1762 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer
1771 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director was born on January - 21.
1775 On January - 21 birth of manuel Garcia, composer
1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales) was born on January - 21.
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 January - 21 birth of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
1814 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer was born on this day in history.
1815 Horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of alexandre Edouard Goria, composer
1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) was born on January - 21.
1825 On this day in history birth of imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
1827 Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900) was born on January - 21.
1829 On January - 21 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 this day in history.
1840 On January - 21 birth of sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician
1848 On January - 21 birth of henri Duparc, French composer
1855 On January - 21 birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer
1859 On January - 21 birth of antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
1860 On January - 21 birth of karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)
1867 James Marcus, New York, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) was born on January - 21.
1867 Maxime Weygard, French general/gov-gen (Algeria) was born on this day in history.