Famous Birthdays In October - 09

1201  On this day in history birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris   

1221  On October - 09 birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler   

1261  Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on this day in history.   

1328  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)   

1581  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on October - 09.   

1586  Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on October - 09.   

1586  Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on October - 09.   

1626  John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09.   

1663  On October - 09 birth of gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia)   

1704  Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777) was born on October - 09.   

1727  Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1757  On October - 09 birth of charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed   

1760  On October - 09 birth of pierre Gaveaux, composer   

1766  On this day in history birth of bedrich Divis Weber, composer   

1771  Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15) was born on October - 09.   

1782  Lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich) was born on October - 09.   

1796  On this day in history birth of joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878)   

1813  On October - 09 birth of john Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63)   

1819  On this day in history birth of samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897   

1822  On this day in history birth of george Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880   

1823  Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers was born on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history birth of harriet Hosmer, sculptor   

1835  On this day in history birth of camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)   

1840  Simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history birth of andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)   

1847  On this day in history birth of stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond)   

1852  Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) was born on October - 09.   

1858  On this day in history birth of gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)   

1859  Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) was born on October - 09.   

1863  On this day in history birth of alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)   

1869  On this day in history birth of harry Lawrence Freeman, composer   

1871  Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) was born on October - 09.   

1871  On October - 09 birth of george Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal (d. 1940)   

1871  On October - 09 birth of didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar.   

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1047  On October - 09 clemens II, [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)   

1253  Grosseteste, an English scholar, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1273  On October - 09 death of elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany   

1326  Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies on October - 09.   

1390  Johan I, king of Castile (1379-90), dies on October - 09.   

1423  Frederik III of Blankenheim, bishop of Straatsburg/Utrecht, dies on October - 09.   

1436  Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 on October - 09.   

1555  On October - 09 death of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)