Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Thursday, 10 July 2025
0399 Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on January - 19.
1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on January - 19.
1544 On January - 19 birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)
1613 Jacques Huyn, composer was born on this day in history.
1639 Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on this day in history.
1676 John Weldon, composer was born on January - 19.
1679 Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.
1686 On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1736 James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine) was born on January - 19.
1736 On January - 19 birth of laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
1737 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) was born on January - 19.
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 January - 19.
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 this day in history.
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 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) was born on this day in history.
1806 On this day in history birth of vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer
1807 On this day in history birth of robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
1807 Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.
1807 Robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870) was born on January - 19.
1808 On January - 19 birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) was born on January - 19.
1813 On this day in history birth of henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
1816 On January - 19 birth of henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1820 On January - 19 birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
1827 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,) was born on this day in history.
1830 On this day in history birth of george Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1832 Ferdinand Laub, composer was born on January - 19.
1832 On January - 19 birth of salvador Giner y Vidal, composer
1837 On January - 19 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
1839 On January - 19 birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer