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

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of william Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)  

Jan 05 Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 08 In the year 1779 birth of john White, composer  

Jan 15 On this day in history birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer  

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

Mar 01 Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer was born in the year 1779.  

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

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

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

Mar 15 On this day in history 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 Alexis Garaude, composer was born in the year 1779.  

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

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

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

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

May 25 Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician was born in the year 1779.  

May 28 In the year 1779 birth of thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)  

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

Jul 15 In the year 1779 birth of clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas)  

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 On this day in history birth of francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)  

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

Aug 07 Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography was born on this day in history.  

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

Aug 17 In the year 1779 birth of franz de Paula Roser, composer  

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Jan 03 In the year 1779 death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)  

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

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 In the year 1779 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies  

Feb 24 On this day in history death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)