Famous Personalities Born In 1759

Jan 04 Maria Rosa Coccia, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader  

Jan 17 Paul Cuffe, Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 21 Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25 Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 31 In the year 1759 birth of francois Devienne, composer  

Feb 15 Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena) was born in the year 1759.  

Feb 27 On this day in history birth of johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer  

Mar 02 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 22 Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 18 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer was born in the year 1759.  

Apr 27 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) was born on this day in history.  

May 01 Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor was born in the year 1759.  

May 06 In the year 1759 birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician  

May 15 Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born in the year 1759.  

May 18 On this day in history birth of charles Duquesnoy, composer  

May 20 In the year 1759 birth of william Thornton, architect (Capitol building, Wash DC)  

May 22 Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 23 In the year 1759 birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer  

May 26 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley was born on this day in history.  

May 28 William Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 02 On this day in history birth of jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter  

Jun 05 In the year 1759 birth of theodor Zwetler, composer  

Jun 08 Thomas Dunham Whitaker, Rainham Norfolk UK, topographer was born in the year 1759.  

Jun 21 In the year 1759 birth of alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (d. 1817)  

Jul 10 In the year 1759 birth of eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer  

Jul 19 On this day in history birth of seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)  

Jul 24 Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21) was born in the year 1759.  

Aug 24 William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade was born on this day in history.  

Sep 19 On this day in history birth of william Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)  

Sep 26 In the year 1759 birth of hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian fieldmarshal/gov-gen  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (d. 1803)  

Oct 12 Frantisek Vaclav Tomes, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 13 On this day in history birth of ecco Epkema, Dutch linguist (Frisian, old-Frisian)  

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Jan 01 In the year 1759 death of jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French adventurer (b. 1705)  

Jan 03 On this day in history death of marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed  

Jan 05 Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 12 In the year 1759 anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49  

Feb 15 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

Mar 11 In the year 1759 death of john Forbes, British general (b. 1710)  

Apr 08 In the year 1759 francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76  

Apr 14 On this day in history georg Friedrich Handel, organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at 74