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Jan 24 1444

Galeazzo Maria Sforza Duke of Milan (d. 1476)

Jan 24 1638

Charles Sackville 6th Earl of Dorset English poet (d. 1706)

Jan 24 1664

John Vanbrugh dramatistarchitect (baptized) born in London England

Jan 24 1670

William Congreve English playwright (d. 1729)

Jan 24 1705

Farinelli [Carlo Broschi] Andria Italy castrato

Jan 24 1732

Pierre de Beaumarchais French polymath and dramatist (The Marriage of Figaro Barber of Seville) born in Paris France (d. 1799)

Jan 24 1742

Anne Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (d. 1808)

Jan 24 1746

Gustav III king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)

Jan 24 1750

Wybo Fijnje Dutch politician patriot and journalist

Jan 24 1763

Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron Russian general (d. 1831)

Jan 24 1767

Antony CW Staring Dutch lawyerpoet (Jaromir)

Jan 24 1774

Karl Moser German composer and violinist born in Berlin (1851)

Jan 24 1776

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann German writerjudgecomposer (Undine)

Jan 24 1778

Charles F duke of Berryson of French King Charles X

Jan 24 1779

Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) Russian tsarina (d. 1826)

Jan 24 1796

Nicholas Mori Anglo-Italian violinist & conductor born in London England (d. 1839)

Jan 24 1798

Karl von Holtei Silesian actor playwright and author (Die Vagabunden) born in Poland (d. 1880)

Jan 24 1798

Karl von Staudt German math professor (projective geometrician)

Jan 24 1820

John Milton Thayer American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Bellingham Massachusetts (d. 1906)

Jan 24 1828

Adam Jacoby Slemmer American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Montgomery County Pennsylvania (d. 1868)

Jan 24 1832

John Pegram Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1865)

Jan 24 1864

Marguerite Durand French feminist leader (d. 1936)

Jan 24 1872

Konstantin Bogaevsky Russian painter (d. 1943)

Jan 24 1874

Arthur Schomburg (Arturo Alfonso) Puerto Rico archivist of African American history and culture

Jan 24 1883

Estelle Winwood [Goodwin] British actress (The Misfits The Producers Miracle on 34th Street) born in Lee Kent England (d. 1984)

Jan 24 1886

Henry King Christiansburg Virginia American film director (d. 1982)

Jan 24 1888

Ernst Heinrich Heinkel German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft)

Jan 24 1888

Hedwig Vicki Baum Austrian American author (Men Never Know Grand Hotel) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1960)

Jan 24 1895

Albin Zollinger Swiss poetauthor (Der Halbe Mensch)

Jan 24 1895

Eugen Roth German poet born in Munich (d. 1976)

Jan 24 1898

Cliff Heathcote American baseball player (d. 1939)

Jan 24 1902

Walter Keirnan New Havens Ct TV panelist (Ive Got a Secret)

Jan 24 1902

E. A. Speiser American Bible scholar (d. 1965)

Jan 24 1534 Francois I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy

Jan 24 1568 In Netherlands Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw

Jan 24 1616 Dutch mariner Jacob Le Maire discovers Le Maire Strait Tierra del Fuego

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