Famous Personalities Born In 1779

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of william Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)  

Jan 05 Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 05 In the year 1779 birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)  

Jan 08 In the year 1779 birth of john White, composer  

Jan 15 Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18 In the year 1779 birth of peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)  

Jan 22 Stefano Pavesi, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 24 Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 20 Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born on this day in history.  

Feb 21 Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer  

Feb 27 On this day in history birth of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)  

Mar 01 Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Mar 02 On this day in history birth of joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)  

Mar 06 Philipp Roth, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 13 Oliver Shaw, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 15 Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 15 In the year 1779 birth of william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)  

Mar 21 On this day in history birth of alexis Garaude, composer  

Mar 28 Angelo Maria Benincori, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 11 Louise Reichardt, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 21 William Knyvett, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 02 In the year 1779 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)  

May 25 In the year 1779 birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician  

May 28 Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 10 Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 15 Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas) was born in the year 1779.  

Jul 20 On this day in history birth of ignaz Schuster, composer  

Jul 21 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Aug 01 In the year 1779 birth of francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)  

Aug 01 In the year 1779 birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)  

Aug 07 In the year 1779 birth of carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography  

Aug 07 On this day in history birth of louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)  

Aug 17 Franz de Paula Roser, composer was born in the year 1779.  

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Jan 03 In the year 1779 death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)  

Jan 20 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 22 In the year 1779 death of claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)  

Feb 02 On this day in history georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59  

Feb 07 On this day in history william Boyce, composer, dies at 67  

Feb 14 On this day in history death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50  

Feb 16 In the year 1779 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies  

Feb 24 Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) died in the year 1779.