{--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 in the year 1779.  

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 in the year 1779.  

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

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

Feb 20 Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)  

Mar 01 On this day in history birth of jacob Gottfried Weber, composer  

Mar 02 On this day in history birth of joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)  

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

Mar 13 Oliver Shaw, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Mar 15 On this day in history birth of lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)  

Mar 15 William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 21 Alexis Garaude, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Mar 28 Angelo Maria Benincori, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Apr 11 On this day in history birth of louise Reichardt, composer  

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

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

May 25 In the year 1779 birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician  

May 28 Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852) was born in the year 1779.  

Jul 10 On this day in history birth of alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer  

Jul 15 Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas) was born in the year 1779.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 07 On this day in history 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 On this day in history georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59  

Feb 07 William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 14 In the year 1779 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 in the year 1779.