Famous Birthdays In January - 04

1077  Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100) was born on January - 04.   

1334  Amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye was born on this day in history.   

1334  Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383) was born on this day in history.   

1567  Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect was born on this day in history.   

1579  Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar was born on January - 04.   

1581  On this day in history birth of james Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible)   

1604  Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe) was born on January - 04.   

1643  On this day in history birth of isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]   

1664  Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1672  Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742) was born on January - 04.   

1710  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo)   

1717  Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer was born on this day in history.   

1720  Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist was born on this day in history.   

1726  On this day in history birth of cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector   

1739  On this day in history birth of henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)   

1756  On this day in history birth of anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician   

1759  Maria Rosa Coccia, composer was born on this day in history.   

1772  Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter was born on January - 04.   

1773  Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer was born on January - 04.   

1785  On this day in history birth of jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)   

1785  On this day in history birth of jakob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1863)   

1789  Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist was born on January - 04.   

1797  Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) was born on this day in history.   

1805  On January - 04 birth of stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer   

1807  Baltasar Saldoni, composer was born on January - 04.   

1809  Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind) was born on this day in history.   

1813  On January - 04 birth of alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier (1852-59)   

1813  Isaac Pitman, Britain, inventor (stenographic shorthand) was born on January - 04.   

1813  On this day in history birth of louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator   

1821  John James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878 was born on January - 04.   

1822  Joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history birth of otto van Rees, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1884-88)   

1823  On this day in history birth of peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1917   

1832  George Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.   

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0838  On this day in history death of babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred   

1248  Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.   

1428  Death of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history death of hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)   

1584  Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 on January - 04.   

1612  Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62 on January - 04.   

1678  Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1695  Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on January - 04.