Famous Personalities Born In January - 04
Monday, 03 March 2025
1077 Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100) was born on January - 04.
1334 Amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye was born on January - 04.
1334 On January - 04 birth of amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)
1567 On this day in history birth of franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect
1579 On January - 04 birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar
1581 James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible) was born on this day in history.
1604 Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe) was born on this day in history.
1643 Isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS] was born on January - 04.
1664 On this day in history birth of lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
1672 On this day in history birth of hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)
1710 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo) was born on January - 04.
1717 On this day in history birth of antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer
1720 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist was born on January - 04.
1726 On January - 04 birth of cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector
1739 Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) was born on January - 04.
1756 On January - 04 birth of anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician
1759 Maria Rosa Coccia, composer was born on January - 04.
1772 Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter was born on this day in history.
1773 Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer was born on January - 04.
1785 On this day in history birth of jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)
1785 On this day in history birth of jakob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1863)
1789 Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist was born on January - 04.
1797 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born on January - 04.
1805 On January - 04 birth of stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer
1807 On January - 04 birth of baltasar Saldoni, composer
1809 On this day in history birth of louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind)
1813 On January - 04 birth of alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier (1852-59)
1813 Isaac Pitman, Britain, inventor (stenographic shorthand) was born on this day in history.
1813 Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator was born on January - 04.
1821 On this day in history birth of john James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1822 On January - 04 birth of joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1823 On January - 04 birth of otto van Rees, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1884-88)
1823 On January - 04 birth of peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1917
1832 George Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893) was born on January - 04.