Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
0399 Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on this day in history.
1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on January - 19.
1544 Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.
1613 On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer
1639 Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on January - 19.
1676 On January - 19 birth of john Weldon, composer
1679 On January - 19 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer
1686 On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1736 On January - 19 birth of james Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
1736 Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95 was born on January - 19.
1737 On January - 19 birth of jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)
1739 On January - 19 birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
1749 On January - 19 birth of isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
1752 James Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.
1757 Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831) was born on January - 19.
1760 On this day in history birth of melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer
1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) was born on January - 19.
1798 On this day in history birth of auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)
1802 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) was born on this day in history.
1806 On this day in history birth of vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer
1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) was born on January - 19.
1807 Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870) was born on this day in history.
1807 On this day in history birth of robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870)
1808 Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) was born on January - 19.
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) was born on January - 19.
1813 Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine) was born on this day in history.
1816 Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.
1820 John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 was born on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history birth of carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,)
1830 On this day in history birth of george Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1832 Ferdinand Laub, composer was born on January - 19.
1832 On January - 19 birth of salvador Giner y Vidal, composer
1837 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on January - 19.
1839 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on January - 19.