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Jan 08 1081

Henry V Roman German kingemperor (10981111-25)

Jan 08 1556

Uesugi Kagekatsu Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)

Jan 08 1587

Johannes Fabricius Danish astronomer (discovered sunspots)

Jan 08 1589

Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)

Jan 08 1601

Baltasar Gracin Spanish writer born in Belmonte de Calatayud (d. 1658)

Jan 08 1628

Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville duc de Luxemburg French soldier

Jan 08 1635

Luis Manuel Fernndez de Portocarrero Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709)

Jan 08 1668

Jean Gilles French composer born in Tarascon (d. 1705)

Jan 08 1735

John Carroll American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815)

Jan 08 1742

Philip Astley English Father of the Modern Circus born in Newcastle-under-Lyme England (d. 1814)

Jan 08 1763

Edmond Charles Gent French diplomat (d. 1834)

Jan 08 1767

Abraham de Veer Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28)

Jan 08 1777

Filippo Traetta Italian composermusicologist

Jan 08 1779

John White English organist and violinist (d. 1831)

Jan 08 1786

Nicholas Biddle made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank

Jan 08 1788

Erik Drake Swedish composer (Royal Swedish Academy of Music) born on Fllings stergtland (d. 1870)

Jan 08 1788

Pavel Kiselyov Russian general and politician (d. 1874)

Jan 08 1792

Lowell Mason Medfield Mass organistcomposer (Zebulo)

Jan 08 1805

Orson Hyde American religious leader (d. 1878)

Jan 08 1814

Johannes Kneppelhout [Klikspaan] Dutch humorist

Jan 08 1814

Thomas Green Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)

Jan 08 1815

George Webb Morell American Major General (Union Army) born in Cooperstown New York (d. 1883)

Jan 08 1815

Lawrence Pike Graham American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Amelia County Virginia (d. 1905)

Jan 08 1817

John Selden Roane Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1867)

Jan 08 1817

Sir Theophilus Shepstone South African statesman (d. 1893)

Jan 08 1824

[William] Wilkie Collins English writer (Woman in White) born in London (d. 1889)

Jan 08 1824

Francisco Gonzlez Bocanegra Mexican poet (d. 1861)

Jan 08 1830

Gouverneur Kemble Warren American civil engineer and Major General (Union Army) born in Cold Spring New York (d. 1882)

Jan 08 1830

Hans von Blow German pianist and composer (d. 1894)

Jan 08 1836

Fannie M Jackson pioneer & educator 1st US African American woman college grad

Jan 08 1836

Lawrence Alma Tadema DutchBritish painterhusband of Laura Epps

Jan 08 1843

Frederick Abberline British police investigator (d. 1929)

Jan 08 1843

John H. Moffitt American politician (d. 1926)

Jan 08 1214 Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France

Jan 08 1558 French troops under Duc de Guise occupy Calais

Jan 08 1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem Netherlands)

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