Historical Moments for January, 01 In Births

In births: January 1st 0379    Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman (Moralia) January 1st 1387    Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) January 1st 1431    Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) January 1st 1449    Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence January 1st 1467    Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland January 1st 1481    Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer January 1st 1504    Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer January 1st 1520    Franciscus Balduinus, [Francois Baudouin], French jurist and historian. January 1st 1618    Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spainish Baroque artist [baptized]. January 1st 1622    Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist January 1st 1628    Christoph Bernhard, German composer January 1st 1638    Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet/playwright January 1st 1652    Johann Krieger, German composer. January 1st 1697    Johann Pfeiffer, German composer. January 1st 1709    Johann H H Btz, German/Dutch organ builder

January 1st 1714    Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas) January 1st 1723    Christian Friedrich Gregor, German composer. January 1st 1729    Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [NS=Jan 12] January 1st 1734    John F E Acton, cruel premier of Naples January 1st 1735    Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot (British are coming) January 1st 1745    "Mad" Anthony Wayne, general January 1st 1748    Giovanni Furno, composer January 1st 1752    Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, flag maker January 1st 1764    John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet (Minderjarige Zangster) January 1st 1777    Micah Hawkins, American poet, playwright and composer. January 1st 1784    William Beale, English composer. January 1st 1792    Henrik A Bjerregaard, Norwegian writer/poet (Sínner af Norge) January 1st 1800    Sydney Nelson, composer January 1st 1800    Vaclav Horak, composer January 1st 1809    John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)

January 1st 1815    Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neocriticism) January 1st 1817    Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist January 1st 1819    Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold January 1st 1819    George Foster Shepley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1878 January 1st 1823    Sandor Petofi (born Alexander Petrovics), Hungarian, poet and revolutionary. January 1st 1827    William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General (Confederate Army) January 1st 1831    William Joseph Westbrook, composer January 1st 1838    William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 January 1st 1843    Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer January 1st 1846    Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926) January 1st 1853    Hans Koessler, composer January 1st 1854    James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) January 1st 1862    Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) January 1st 1863    Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) January 1st 1863    Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games)

January 1st 1864    Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work) January 1st 1865    Giuseppe Ferrata, composer January 1st 1867    Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic (Fiery Particles) January 1st 1867    Lew Fields, comedian (of Weber & Fields) January 1st 1869    Louis de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian indologist. January 1st 1873    Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses) January 1st 1874    Hugo Leichtentritt, composer January 1st 1875    Charles Rist, French economist January 1st 1875    N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98) January 1st 1876    Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument) January 1st 1878    Edwin Franko Goldman, composer January 1st 1878    Fran‡ois Ambrosiny, French dancer/choreograph (L'oiseau enchant‚) January 1st 1879    Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) January 1st 1879    Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) January 1st 1879    Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)

January 1st 1879    William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) January 1st 1880    Edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt) January 1st 1880    Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev) January 1st 1881    Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) January 1st 1882    W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD) January 1st 1883    Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci) January 1st 1883    [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor (3 Drops of Water)/theater director January 1st 1885    Roland Diggle, composer January 1st 1887    Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence January 1st 1889    Alexander Smallens, St Petersburg, Russia, conductor January 1st 1889    Charles Bickford, Cambridge Mass, actor (John-The Virginian) January 1st 1889    Tadeusz Jarecki, composer January 1st 1889    Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor (Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway) January 1st 1890    Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress (Confidence) January 1st 1891    Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)

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Historical Moments for January, 01 In Births