Henry VII Pembroke Castle 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)

Ludolph van Ceulen German mathematician (d. 1610)

Cornelis Haga Dutch lawyerambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)

John Barclay Scottish satiristpoet (Euphormios Satyricon) born Pont--Mousson France

Clement IX [Giulio Rospigliosi] Italian Pope (238th 1667-69) born in Pistoia Italy (d. 1669)

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli mathematicianastronomer born in Naples Italy

Johannes Hevelius Danzig astronomer (star cataloger)

Alfonso Marsh English composer and lutenist born in London (d. 1681) baptismal date

Anna Ivanovna tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (27 NS)

Charles Marie de La Condamine French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)

John Baskerville English printer (typeface inventor)

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle French sculptor (Child with Cage Mercury Fastening his Sandals) born in Paris (d. 1785)

Mustafa III Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774). Reigned 1757-74.

Johann Elias Schlegel German critic and poet (d. 1749)

Frederick VI Danish king (1808-39) lost Norway to Sweden (1814)

Andrew Jackson Hamilton American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Huntsville Alabama (d. 1875)

George Edward Pickett Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1875)

Thomas Carmichael Hindman Mjr Gen (Confederate Army) (d. 1868)

Henry Brevard Davidson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1899)

Charles George Gordon general (China Khartoum) born in London England

Jose Mart y Perez Cuba poetessayistpolitician

William Seward Burroughs NY inventor (recording adding machine)

Ernst William Christmas Australian painter (d. 1918)

Herbert Akroyd Stuart English engineer - inventor of the first compression ignition engine (d. 1927)

Lala Lajpat Rai Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)

Kaarlo Juho Sthlberg first president of Finland (d. 1952)

M A Noble cricketer (great Australian all-rounder at turn of century)

Alex Smith Scottish golfer (US Open 1906 10) born in Carnoustie Scotland (d. 1930)

Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski] German composer (Der Juxbaron)

Herbert Strudwick cricketer (England wicket-keeper before & after WWI)

Mary Boland American comedienne and actress (Ruggles of Red Gap) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1965)

Auguste Piccard Swiss scientistexplorer (balloonist) twin brother of Jean Felix Piccard

Jean Felix Piccard Swiss scientistexplorer (balloonist) twin brother of Auguste Piccard