Famous Personalities Born In 1779

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

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

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of john White, composer  

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

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of stefano Pavesi, composer  

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

Feb 20 In the year 1779 birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington  

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

Feb 22 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1779 birth of joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)  

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 On this day in history birth of lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)  

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

Mar 21 Alexis Garaude, composer was born in the year 1779.  

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 On this day in history birth of william Knyvett, composer  

May 02 John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born on this day in history.  

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

May 28 On this day in history birth of thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)  

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

Jul 15 In the year 1779 birth of clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas)  

Jul 20 Ignaz Schuster, composer was born in the year 1779.  

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

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

Aug 01 On this day in history 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 In the year 1779 birth of louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)  

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

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Jan 03 On this day in history death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)  

Jan 20 In the year 1779 john Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71  

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

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 On this day in history william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies  

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