Famous Personalities Born In January - 20
Friday, 17 January 2025
1292 On January - 20 birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)
1358 Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) was born on January - 20.
1435 Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) was born on January - 20.
1554 On January - 20 birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
1586 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) was born on January - 20.
1622 On this day in history birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns
1654 On January - 20 birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet
1664 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) was born on January - 20.
1681 On January - 20 birth of francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer
1703 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer was born on January - 20.
1716 Carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits was born on January - 20.
1716 King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) was born on January - 20.
1716 On this day in history birth of jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)
1732 On this day in history birth of richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
1743 On this day in history birth of pascal Boyer, composer
1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer was born on January - 20.
1762 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer was born on this day in history.
1763 On January - 20 birth of theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot
1775 André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1781 On January - 20 birth of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)
1782 On January - 20 birth of johan B J F S, archduke of Austria
1783 Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860) was born on January - 20.
1798 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) was born on this day in history.
1804 Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857) was born on this day in history.
1806 Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag) was born on January - 20.
1809 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma) was born on January - 20.
1812 On January - 20 birth of ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1812 Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.
1813 Jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 was born on January - 20.
1820 Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women was born on this day in history.
1831 Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) was born on this day in history.
1834 George D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.
1837 On January - 20 birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)
1843 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London) was born on this day in history.