Famous Birthdays In October - 09

1201  On October - 09 birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris  

1221  On this day in history birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler  

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on October - 09.  

1328  On October - 09 birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)  

1581  On this day in history birth of claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist  

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on this day in history.  

1586  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)  

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.  

1663  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) was born on this day in history.  

1704  On October - 09 birth of ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)  

1727  On October - 09 birth of johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer  

1757  Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed was born on October - 09.  

1760  Pierre Gaveaux, composer was born on this day in history.  

1766  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1771  Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15) was born on October - 09.  

1782  Lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich) was born on October - 09.  

1796  Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878) was born on October - 09.  

1813  John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63) was born on October - 09.  

1819  Samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 was born on October - 09.  

1822  George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on this day in history.  

1823  On October - 09 birth of mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers  

1830  On this day in history birth of harriet Hosmer, sculptor  

1835  On October - 09 birth of camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)  

1840  Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) was born on October - 09.  

1847  On October - 09 birth of andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)  

1847  Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond) was born on October - 09.  

1852  Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.  

1858  Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) was born on October - 09.  

1859  Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) was born on this day in history.  

1863  Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91) was born on October - 09.  

1869  Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer was born on October - 09.  

1871  On October - 09 birth of gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)  

1871  On this day in history birth of george Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal (d. 1940)  

1871  Didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar was born on October - 09.  

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1047  Clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005) on this day in history.  

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1273  Death of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany on this day in history.  

1326  On October - 09 reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies  

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on this day in history.  

1423  On this day in history frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies  

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on October - 09.  

1555  Death of Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) on this day in history.