Famous Personalities Born In October - 09
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1201 On October - 09 birth of robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris
1221 On this day in history birth of salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler
1261 Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325) was born on October - 09.
1328 King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369) was born on October - 09.
1581 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist was born on this day in history.
1586 Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn was born on this day in history.
1586 On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold V of Austria (d. 1632)
1626 John Ferrabosco, composer was born on October - 09.
1663 On this day in history birth of gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia)
1704 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777) was born on October - 09.
1727 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer was born on this day in history.
1757 On this day in history birth of charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed
1760 On this day in history birth of pierre Gaveaux, composer
1766 Bedrich Divis Weber, composer was born on this day in history.
1771 On this day in history birth of frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15)
1782 Lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich) was born on October - 09.
1796 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English Egyptologist (d. 1878) was born on this day in history.
1813 John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1823 Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers was born on October - 09.
1830 On October - 09 birth of harriet Hosmer, sculptor
1835 On this day in history birth of camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (d. 1921)
1840 On October - 09 birth of simeon Solomon, British artist (d. 1905)
1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin) was born on October - 09.
1847 Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond) was born on October - 09.
1852 Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) was born on October - 09.
1858 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips) was born on October - 09.
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 this day in history.
1869 Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer was born on October - 09.
1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-) was born on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history birth of george Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal (d. 1940)
1871 On this day in history birth of didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar.