Famous Birthdays In January - 08

1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  On January - 08 birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

1635  Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1658  On January - 08 birth of nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)   

1668  On this day in history birth of jean Gilles, composer   

1735  John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815) was born on January - 08.   

1763  Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834) was born on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history birth of abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28)   

1777  Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist was born on January - 08.   

1779  On this day in history birth of john White, composer   

1786  On this day in history birth of nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank   

1787  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Bohner, composer   

1788  On this day in history birth of erik Drake, composer   

1788  Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) was born on this day in history.   

1788  Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) was born on January - 08.   

1791  On January - 08 birth of jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)   

1792  Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) was born on this day in history.   

1805  John Bigler, American politician (d. 1871) was born on this day in history.   

1805  Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878) was born on January - 08.   

1810  On this day in history birth of robert Schumann, Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)   

1812  Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1812  On January - 08 birth of william Henry Holmes, composer   

1814  On January - 08 birth of johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist   

1814  Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.   

1815  George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.   

1815  Lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 was born on January - 08.   

1817  John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on January - 08.   

1817  Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893) was born on January - 08.   

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0482  On this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  On January - 08 abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

1100  On this day in history death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on January - 08.   

1198  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  On January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73