Famous Personalities Born In January - 21
Tuesday, 24 December 2024
1337 Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80) was born on January - 21.
1338 King Charles V of France (d. 1380) was born on January - 21.
1571 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) was born on January - 21.
1659 On January - 21 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
1721 On January - 21 birth of james Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer was born on January - 21.
1743 John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) was born on this day in history.
1746 On January - 21 birth of johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]
1751 On this day in history birth of josephus Andreas Fodor, composer
1759 Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot was born on January - 21.
1762 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer
1771 On January - 21 birth of arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director
1775 Manuel Garcia, composer was born on this day in history.
1792 On this day in history birth of tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)
1796 On January - 21 birth of john Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author
1801 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
1814 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer was born on January - 21.
1815 On this day in history birth of horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)
1815 John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.
1821 On January - 21 birth of john Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed)
1823 On January - 21 birth of alexandre Edouard Goria, composer
1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) was born on January - 21.
1825 Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864) was born on January - 21.
1827 On January - 21 birth of ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900)
1829 On this day in history birth of oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
1833 On this day in history birth of norman Willis, union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress)
1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician was born on January - 21.
1848 Henri Duparc, French composer was born on January - 21.
1855 John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born on this day in history.
1859 On January - 21 birth of antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
1860 On this day in history birth of karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)
1867 On January - 21 birth of james Marcus, New York, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail)
1867 Maxime Weygard, French general/gov-gen (Algeria) was born on January - 21.