Famous Birthdays In 1779

Jan 01 In the year 1779 birth of william Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)  

Jan 05 Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 05 Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)  

Feb 20 Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born in the year 1779.  

Feb 21 In the year 1779 birth of friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer  

Feb 22 In the year 1779 birth of joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer  

Feb 27 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842) was born in the year 1779.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1779 birth of alexis Garaude, composer  

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

Apr 11 Louise Reichardt, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician was born on this day in history.  

May 28 On this day in history 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 In the year 1779 birth of gottlob Wiedebein, composer  

Aug 01 On this day in history birth of francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)  

Aug 01 In the year 1779 birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)  

Aug 07 In the year 1779 birth of carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography  

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

Aug 17 On this day in history birth of franz de Paula Roser, composer  

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Jan 03 Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712) died on this day in history.  

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 James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 died on this day in history.  

Feb 16 On this day in history william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies  

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