Famous Birthdays In January - 19

0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on January - 19.   

1200  Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on this day in history.   

1544  On this day in history birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)   

1613  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on this day in history.   

1639  Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on January - 19.   

1676  On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer   

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on January - 19.   

1686  On this day in history birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist   

1736  James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine) was born on this day in history.   

1736  Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95 was born on January - 19.   

1737  Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) was born on January - 19.   

1739  On January - 19 birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)   

1749  Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian was born on this day in history.   

1752  James Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

1757  On January - 19 birth of augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)   

1760  Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer was born on this day in history.   

1790  Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) was born on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history birth of auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)   

1802  On January - 19 birth of [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831)   

1806  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer was born on this day in history.   

1807  Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) was born on January - 19.   

1807  On this day in history birth of robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)   

1807  On January - 19 birth of robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870)   

1808  On this day in history birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)   

1809  On this day in history birth of edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)   

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 January - 19.   

1820  On this day in history birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888   

1827  On January - 19 birth of carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,)   

1830  On January - 19 birth of george Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909   

1832  Ferdinand Laub, composer was born on this day in history.   

1832  Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer was born on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)   

1839  Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on this day in history.   

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0639  On January - 19 dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies   

1479  On January - 19 johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81   

1526  On January - 19 death of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)   

1547  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on this day in history.   

1549  Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81   

1591  On this day in history edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60   

1625  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.