Famous Birthdays 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 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 In the year 1779 birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer

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

Feb 27 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842) was born in the year 1779.

Mar 01 In the year 1779 birth of jacob Gottfried Weber, composer

Mar 02 In the year 1779 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 in the year 1779.

Mar 15 On this day in history birth of lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)

Mar 15 On this day in history 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 in the year 1779.

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

Apr 21 On this day in history birth of william Knyvett, composer

May 02 John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born in the year 1779.

May 25 Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician was born in the year 1779.

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

Jul 10 On this day in history birth of alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer

Jul 15 Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas) was born on this day in history.

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

Jul 21 On this day in history birth of gottlob Wiedebein, composer

Aug 01 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born in the year 1779.

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

Aug 07 In the year 1779 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 On this day in history birth of franz de Paula Roser, composer

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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 in the year 1779.

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

Feb 02 Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.

Feb 07 In the year 1779 william Boyce, composer, dies at 67

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

Feb 24 In the year 1779 death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)