Famous Birthdays In October - 20

1435  On this day in history birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca  

1475  On October - 20 birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)  

1496  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on October - 20.  

1616  Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) was born on October - 20.  

1620  Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) was born on October - 20.  

1632  On this day in history birth of christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect  

1637  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)  

1656  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on October - 20.  

1660  Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723) was born on October - 20.  

1677  On October - 20 birth of stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)  

1679  Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer was born on October - 20.  

1700  Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, Duchess of Modena (d. 1761) was born on October - 20.  

1711  Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.  

1719  Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistician/economist was born on this day in history.  

1740  On October - 20 birth of belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women)  

1751  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Stralen, Dutch MP/secretary of Interior  

1759  On October - 20 birth of chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815)  

1780  On October - 20 birth of m Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma/Guastalla  

1784  On this day in history birth of lord Henry JT Palmerston, English minister of Foreign affairs  

1785  George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (d. 1873) was born on October - 20.  

1788  On this day in history birth of philip Knapton, composer  

1792  On October - 20 birth of anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer  

1792  On this day in history birth of colin Campbell/Lord Clyde, British officer (Sepoy-uprising)  

1808  Karl [Theodor] Andree, German geographer/journalist (Globus) was born on this day in history.  

1812  On October - 20 birth of austin Flint, 19th century heart research pioneer  

1819  Daniel Edgar Sickles, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1914 was born on this day in history.  

1819  Karol Mikuli, composer was born on October - 20.  

1819  On this day in history birth of the Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith (d. 1850)  

1820  Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.  

1820  George Jerrison Stannard, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history birth of mansfield Lovell, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1884  

1823  On this day in history birth of thomas Hughes, England, author (Tom Brown's School Days)  

1832  On this day in history birth of constantin Lipsius, German architect (d. 1894)  

1843  On October - 20 birth of victor de Stuers, Dutch art connoisseur  

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0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on October - 20.  

1139  Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies on October - 20.  

1187  Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on this day in history.  

1268  Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.  

1274  Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on October - 20.  

1438  On this day in history jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64  

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

1570  On this day in history death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)