Famous Personalities Born In October - 09
Friday, 21 February 2025
1201 Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris was born on this day in history.
1221 Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler was born on this day in history.
1261 On October - 09 birth of dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)
1328 On October - 09 birth of king Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)
1581 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on October - 09.
1586 On October - 09 birth of jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn
1586 Archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.
1626 John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09.
1663 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia) was born on October - 09.
1704 On this day in history birth of ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
1727 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer was born on this day in history.
1757 Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed was born on October - 09.
1760 Pierre Gaveaux, composer was born on October - 09.
1766 On this day in history birth of bedrich Divis Weber, composer
1771 Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15) was born on this day in history.
1782 On this day in history birth of lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich)
1796 On October - 09 birth of joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878)
1813 On this day in history birth of john Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63)
1819 On this day in history birth of samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1822 George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 was born on October - 09.
1823 On this day in history birth of mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers
1830 On October - 09 birth of harriet Hosmer, sculptor
1835 Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921) was born on October - 09.
1840 On October - 09 birth of simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)
1847 On October - 09 birth of andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)
1847 Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond) was born on this day in history.
1852 On this day in history birth of hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1858 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) was born on this day in history.
1859 Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) was born on this day in history.
1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91) was born on October - 09.
1869 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer was born on October - 09.
1871 On this day in history birth of gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)
1871 On this day in history birth of george Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal (d. 1940)
1871 Didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar was born on this day in history.