Famous Birthdays In January - 21
Monday, 15 August 2022
1337 Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.
1338 King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.
1571 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on January - 21.
1659 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on January - 21.
1721 James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.
1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on January - 21.
1743 On this day in history birth of john Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)
1746 On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]
1751 Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer was born on this day in history.
1759 On this day in history birth of johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot
1762 Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer was born on January - 21.
1771 On January - 21 birth of arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director
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 January - 21 birth of john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author
1801 On this day in history birth of ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer
1804 Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887) was born on January - 21.
1814 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer was born on this day in history.
1815 On January - 21 birth of horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)
1815 John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.
1821 On January - 21 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 On January - 21 birth of thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed)
1825 On this day in history birth of imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
1827 On January - 21 birth of ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900)
1829 Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet was born on this day in history.
1833 On January - 21 birth of norman Willis, union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress)
1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on January - 21.
1848 Henri Duparc, French composer was born on January - 21.
1855 On January - 21 birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer
1859 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer was born on January - 21.
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 January - 21.