Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0399 Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on January - 19.
1200 On January - 19 birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
1544 Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.
1613 Jacques Huyn, composer was born on January - 19.
1639 Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on this day in history.
1676 John Weldon, composer was born on this day in history.
1679 On January - 19 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer
1686 On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1736 On January - 19 birth of james Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
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 this day in history.
1739 On this day in history birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
1749 On January - 19 birth of isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
1752 On January - 19 birth of james Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820)
1757 On January - 19 birth of augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)
1760 Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer was born on this day in history.
1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) was born on January - 19.
1798 On January - 19 birth of auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)
1802 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) was born on January - 19.
1806 On this day in history birth of vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer
1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) was born on January - 19.
1807 On this day in history birth of robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
1807 On January - 19 birth of robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870)
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 January - 19 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 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 January - 19.
1830 On this day in history birth of george Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1832 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Laub, composer
1832 On January - 19 birth of salvador Giner y Vidal, composer
1837 On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
1839 On this day in history birth of bohumil Pazdirek, composer