{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1779

Jan 01 William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)  

Jan 08 John White, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 15 On this day in history birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer  

Jan 18 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born in the year 1779.  

Jan 22 Stefano Pavesi, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)  

Feb 20 Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born in the year 1779.  

Feb 21 In the year 1779 birth of friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer  

Feb 27 In the year 1779 birth of thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)  

Mar 01 In the year 1779 birth of jacob Gottfried Weber, composer  

Mar 02 In the year 1779 birth of joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)  

Mar 06 On this day in history birth of philipp Roth, composer  

Mar 13 Oliver Shaw, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Mar 15 In the year 1779 birth of lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)  

Mar 15 In the year 1779 birth of william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)  

Mar 21 Alexis Garaude, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Mar 28 In the year 1779 birth of angelo Maria Benincori, composer  

Apr 11 Louise Reichardt, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Apr 21 In the year 1779 birth of william Knyvett, composer  

May 02 On this day in history birth of john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)  

May 25 In the year 1779 birth of henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician  

May 28 Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852) was born in the year 1779.  

Jul 10 On this day in history birth of alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer  

Jul 15 Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 20 Ignaz Schuster, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 21 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer was born in the year 1779.  

Aug 01 On this day in history birth of francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)  

Aug 01 On this day in history birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)  

Aug 07 On this day in history birth of carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography  

Aug 07 Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 17 On this day in history birth of franz de Paula Roser, composer  

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Jan 03 In the year 1779 death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)  

Jan 20 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 in the year 1779.  

Jan 22 Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) died on this day in history.  

Feb 02 On this day in history georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59  

Feb 07 William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Feb 14 James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 died in the year 1779.  

Feb 16 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies in the year 1779.  

Feb 24 Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) died on this day in history.