Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
0399 On this day in history birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)
1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on this day in history.
1544 On this day in history birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)
1613 On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer
1639 On this day in history birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian
1676 On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer
1679 Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on January - 19.
1686 Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on this day in history.
1736 James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine) was born on January - 19.
1736 Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95 was born on January - 19.
1737 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) was born on this day in history.
1739 On this day in history birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
1749 Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian was born on this day in history.
1752 James Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820) was born on January - 19.
1757 Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831) was born on January - 19.
1760 Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer was born on January - 19.
1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) was born on this day in history.
1798 Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) was born on January - 19.
1802 On this day in history birth of [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831)
1806 Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer was born on this day in history.
1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) was born on January - 19.
1807 Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870) was born on January - 19.
1807 On this day in history birth of robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870)
1808 Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.
1809 On January - 19 birth of edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
1813 On this day in history birth of henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
1816 Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on January - 19.
1820 On this day in history birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
1827 On January - 19 birth of carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,)
1830 On January - 19 birth of george Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1832 Ferdinand Laub, composer was born on this day in history.
1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer was born on January - 19.
1837 On January - 19 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
1839 On this day in history birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer