Famous Personalities Born In 1779

Jan 01 William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)  

Jan 05 Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 John White, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 15 Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 18 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22 In the year 1779 birth of stefano Pavesi, composer  

Jan 24 In the year 1779 birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)  

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

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer  

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

Feb 27 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 01 On this day in history birth of jacob Gottfried Weber, composer  

Mar 02 Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 06 Philipp Roth, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Mar 13 On this day in history birth of oliver Shaw, composer  

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

Mar 15 On this day in history birth of william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)  

Mar 21 Alexis Garaude, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 11 On this day in history birth of louise Reichardt, composer  

Apr 21 William Knyvett, composer was born in the year 1779.  

May 02 On this day in history birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)  

May 25 On this day in history birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician  

May 28 Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852) was born in the year 1779.  

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

Jul 15 On this day in history birth of clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas)  

Jul 20 Ignaz Schuster, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 21 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer was born on this day in history.  

Aug 01 On this day in history birth of francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)  

Aug 01 Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) was born in the year 1779.  

Aug 07 On this day in history birth of carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography  

Aug 07 Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842) was born in the year 1779.  

Aug 17 Franz de Paula Roser, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20 On this day in history john Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71  

Jan 22 Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) died in the year 1779.  

Feb 02 Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1779.  

Feb 07 William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 14 James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 died in the year 1779.  

Feb 16 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on this day in history.  

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