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

Jan 01 William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)  

Jan 08 John White, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)  

Jan 22 Stefano Pavesi, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 24 In the year 1779 birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)  

Feb 20 Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born in the year 1779.  

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer  

Feb 22 In the year 1779 birth of joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer  

Feb 27 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842) was born in the year 1779.  

Mar 01 In the year 1779 birth of jacob Gottfried Weber, composer  

Mar 02 In the year 1779 birth of joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)  

Mar 06 Philipp Roth, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Mar 13 On this day in history birth of oliver Shaw, composer  

Mar 15 In the year 1779 birth of lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)  

Mar 15 In the year 1779 birth of william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)  

Mar 21 In the year 1779 birth of alexis Garaude, composer  

Mar 28 In the year 1779 birth of angelo Maria Benincori, composer  

Apr 11 Louise Reichardt, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Apr 21 William Knyvett, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 02 John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) was born in the year 1779.  

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 On this day in history birth of alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer  

Jul 15 On this day in history birth of clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas)  

Jul 20 In the year 1779 birth of ignaz Schuster, composer  

Jul 21 On this day in history birth of gottlob Wiedebein, composer  

Aug 01 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 01 Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) was born in the year 1779.  

Aug 07 In the year 1779 birth of carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography  

Aug 07 On this day in history birth of louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)  

Aug 17 Franz de Paula Roser, composer was born on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1779.  

Jan 22 In the year 1779 death of claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)  

Feb 02 Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 14 James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 died in the year 1779.  

Feb 16 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 24 In the year 1779 death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)