1657 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter, born in Canale di Serino, Avellino, Italy (d. 1747) 1891 – Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French artist and sculptor, born near Orléans, France (d. 1915) 1892 – Luis Trenker, South Tyrolean film producer, director and actor (Berge in Flammen), born in Urtijëi, Tyrol (d. 1990) 1900 – Robert Shayne [Shaen Dawe], …
1605 – Li Tzu-ch’eng, Chinese revolutionary who dethroned last Ming emperor, born in Mizhi, Shaanxi province, China (d. 1645) 1879 – Warner Oland, Swedish actor (The Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan), born in Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden (d. 1938) 1897 – Josephine Riley Matthews “Mama Jo”, African-American midwife (delivered over 1300 babies), born in Aiken, South …
1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Spanish heir of the Catholic Monarchs and Queen consort of Portugal (1497-98) had Jews expelled from Portugal, born in Dueñas, Castile (d. 1498) 1722 – Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier, born in Horn, Austria (d. 1776) 1827 – Edmund Jackson Davis, American lawyer, soldier, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in …
1808 – Eduard Sobolewski, Polish-American violinist and composer, born in Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1872) 1932 – Albert Collins, American blues guitarist (Ice Pickin’; Don’t Lose Your Cool; Showdown!), born in Leona, Texas (d. 1993) 1935 – Julie Andrews, British Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actress (My Fair Lady …
1800 – Decimus Burton, British architect (Hyde Park, Palm House Kew Gardens), born in London, England (d. 1881) 1833 – Ferdinand von Saar, Austrian novelist, playwright and poet, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1906) 1870 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; head of J.P. Morgan during the Wall Street Crash, father of Corliss Lamont, born …
1518 – Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter and notable exponent of the Renaissance school, born in Venice, Republic of Venice (d. 1594) 1583 – John VIII, the Younger, Count of Nassau-Siegen and field marshal, born in Dillenburg (d. 1638) 1760 – William Beckford, British writer (Vathek), politician, plantation owner, and art collector, born in Soho Square, …
1813 – Anton Wallerstein, German composer, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1892) 1844 – Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1884-87), born in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (d. 1930) 1855 – Thomas Frederick Tout, British historian (Manchester school of historiography), born in London, England (d. 1929) 1864 – Barry Pain, English writer (Punch), …
1911 – Peter Doig, British Labour Party politician, born in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland (d. 1996) 1912 – Mary Grierson, Welsh botanical artist, born in Bangor, Wales (d. 2012) 1921 – Dennis Nineham, British theologian (Synod and Doctrine Commission), born in Southampton, England (d. 2016) 1927 – Jack Katz, American comic book artist and graphic novel …
1894 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1929) 1925 – Marty Robbins, American country singer (“El Paso”; “Devil Woman”; “I Walk Alone”), born in Glendale, Arizona (d. 1982) 1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian Indo-European philologist (Indo-Iranian languages), born in Linz, Austria (d. 2011) 1927 – Carolyn …
1663 – Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer, born in Wechmar, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1711) 1694 – Henry Pelham, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1743-54) who introduced the Gin Acts, born in Laughton, England (d. 1754) 1829 – William Michael Rossetti, English writer and civil servant, born in London, England (d. 1919) 1905 – …
1848 – Pieter Lodewijk Tak, Dutch journalist (The Chronicle; Het Volk), and politician, born in Middelburg, Netherlands (d. 1907) 1860 – S. R. Crockett, Scottish novelist (The Stickit Minister), born in Duchrae, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire (d. 1914) 1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars, American business magnate, founder of Mars Inc. (Mars bar, MandM’s), born in Pope County, …
1816 – Julius White, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Cazenovia, New York (d. 1890) 1907 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, unfulfilled claimant to the throne of Portugal, born in Seebenstein, Austria (d. 1976) 1923 – Samuel V. Wilson, American ex-director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Army lieutenant general, born …
1791 – Michael Faraday, English scientist, discovered electromagnetic induction, invented 1st electric motor, born in Newington Butts, England (d. 1867) 1833 – Stephen Dill Lee, American 1st president of Mississippi State University, Lt General in Confederate Army, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1908) 1880 – Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, born …
1809 – Sophia Hawthorne, American writer, painter and illustrator, born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1871) 1820 – Williams Carter Wickham, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1888) 1853 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel 1913), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1926) 1867 – Henry L. Stimson, American statesman …
1877 – Armand Marsick, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1959) 1896 – Fjodor Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga), born in Pavlovka, Russia (d. 1960) [NS=Oct 2] 1923 – Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish poet (A Little Bouquet), born in Northern Ireland (d. 1997) 1941 – Sylvester [J. Pussycat Sr.,], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by …
1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, born in Palazzo Colonna, Rome, Papal States (d. 1884) 1902 – Jimmy Van Alen, American tennis official (created Simplified Scoring System), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1991) 1907 – Lewis F. Powell Jr., American Supreme Court justice (1972-87), born …
1636 – Pietro Sanmartini, Italian composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1701) 1884 – Ludomir Ró?ycki, Polish composer and conductor (Eros i Psyche; Pan Twardowski), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1953) 1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress and Hollywood silent film star (Anna Karenina, Grand Hotel, Camille), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. …
1849 – Vaclav Juda Novotny, Czech composer and music critic, born in Vesce, Kingdom of Bohemia. Austrian Empire (d. 1922) 1854 – Hans Müller, German music historian and writer, born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1897) 1874 – Ben Turpin, American comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1940) …