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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 22 Stefano Pavesi, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 24 Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826) was born in the year 1779.  

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 In the year 1779 birth of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)  

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 in the year 1779.  

Mar 06 On this day in history birth of philipp Roth, composer  

Mar 13 In the year 1779 birth of oliver Shaw, composer  

Mar 15 In the year 1779 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 28 Angelo Maria Benincori, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Apr 11 Louise Reichardt, composer was born in the year 1779.  

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

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 On this day in history 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 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 01 Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 07 On this day in history 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 Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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.