Famous Personalities Born In January - 19
Friday, 17 January 2025
0399 Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on this day in history.
1200 On January - 19 birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
1544 Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.
1613 On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer
1639 Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on January - 19.
1676 John Weldon, composer was born on this day in history.
1679 Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.
1686 On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1736 On January - 19 birth of james Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
1736 On this day in history birth of laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
1737 On January - 19 birth of jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)
1739 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born on January - 19.
1749 On this day in history birth of isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
1752 On this day in history birth of james Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820)
1757 On January - 19 birth of augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)
1760 Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer was born on January - 19.
1790 On this day in history birth of per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)
1798 Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) was born on this day in history.
1802 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) was born on this day in history.
1806 Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer was born on this day in history.
1807 On January - 19 birth of robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
1807 On January - 19 birth of robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
1807 On this day in history birth of robert E. Lee, Stratford Virginia, American Confederate General in Chief (d. 1870)
1808 On January - 19 birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) was born on January - 19.
1813 On January - 19 birth of henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
1816 Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
1827 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,) was born on this day in history.
1830 On January - 19 birth of george Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1832 Ferdinand Laub, composer was born on January - 19.
1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer was born on January - 19.
1837 On January - 19 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
1839 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer was born on this day in history.