{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1779

Jan 01 William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1779 birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)  

Jan 05 In the year 1779 birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of john White, composer  

Jan 15 Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 18 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22 Stefano Pavesi, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 24 Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 20 On this day in history birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington  

Feb 21 Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 27 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 01 Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 02 Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851) was born in the year 1779.  

Mar 06 Philipp Roth, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 13 Oliver Shaw, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 15 Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 15 On this day in history birth of william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)  

Mar 21 On this day in history birth of alexis Garaude, composer  

Mar 28 Angelo Maria Benincori, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 11 Louise Reichardt, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 21 William Knyvett, composer was born in the year 1779.  

May 02 In the year 1779 birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)  

May 25 On this day in history birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician  

May 28 On this day in history birth of thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)  

Jul 10 In the year 1779 birth of alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer  

Jul 15 Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 20 On this day in history birth of ignaz Schuster, composer  

Jul 21 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Aug 01 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born in the year 1779.  

Aug 01 Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 07 On this day in history birth of carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography  

Aug 07 Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842) was born in the year 1779.  

Aug 17 Franz de Paula Roser, composer was born in the year 1779.  

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Jan 03 Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712) died in the year 1779.  

Jan 20 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 22 Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) died in the year 1779.  

Feb 02 In the year 1779 georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59  

Feb 07 In the year 1779 william Boyce, composer, dies at 67  

Feb 14 On this day in history death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50  

Feb 16 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies in the year 1779.  

Feb 24 Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) died on this day in history.