Vasili III of Russia Great Prince of Moscow (1505-33) son of Ivan III (d. 1533)

Conrad Gessner Swiss physician and naturalist born in Zrich Switzerland (d. 1565)

Charles Duke of Mayenne French military leader born in Alenon France (d. 1611)

Elisabeth of Nassau Daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon born in Middelburg Netherlands (d. 1642)

William Hyde Wollaston English chemist and physicist (famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium) born in East Dereham Norfolk England (d. 1828)

Giacomo Cesare Predieri Italian composer (d. 1753)

Johann Graf German composer born in Nrnberg (d. 1750)

Vclav Prokop Divi Czech theologian and natural scientist born in Helvkovice Bohemia (d. 1765)

Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila Spanish theorist and composer born in Las Herencias Toledo Spain (d. 1779)

William Blount American statesman and signer of United States Constitution born in Windsor North Carolina (d. 1800)

Benjamin Thompson American physicist and inventor (Royal Institution of Great Britain) born in Woburn Massachusetts (d. 1814)

Nathaniel Bowditch American mathematician astronomer and author (Marine Sextant) born in Salem Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1838)

Johann Baptist Weigl German composer born in Hahnbach Bavaria (d. 1852)

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld German painter and designer who figured importantly in the German Nazarene movement born in Leipzig Saxony (d. 1872)

Josef Slavik Czech composer born in Jince Czech Republic (d. 1833)

Thomas West Sherman American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1879)

Herman Haupt American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1905)

Francisco Eduardo da Costa Portuguese composer born in Lamego Portugal (d. 1855)

Louise Otto-Peters German suffragist womens rights movement activist and author (The Wandering Star) born in Meissen Germany (d. 1895)

Ernst Engel German statistician and economist (Law of Engel) born in Dresden Germany (d. 1896)

Emanuel Kania Polish composer born in Uszyce Poland (d. 1887)

Eliza Laurillard Dutch vicar poet and writer born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1908)

John Rogers Thomas American composer born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1896)

Betsy Perk [Christina Elizabeth] Dutch journalist writer and pioneer of the Dutch womens movement born in Delft Netherlands (d. 1906)

Carli Zoeller German composer born in Berlin (d. 1889)

George Smith English archaeologist and assyriologist (cuneiform script) born in London (d. 1876)

Edwin Evans Australian cricket spin bowler (6 Tests) born in Emu Plains New South Wales (d. 1921)

Edward Bellamy American author (Looking Backward) and socialist born in Chicopee Massachusetts (d. 1898)

Braulio Dueno Colon Puerto Rican composer born in San Juan Puerto Rico (d. 1934)

David Alfred Thomas 1st Viscount Rhondda Welsh coal-mining entrepreneur born in Ysgyborwen Wales (d. 1918)

A. E. Housman English poet (A Shropshire Lad) born in Bromsgrove Worcestershire England (d. 1936)A

Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov Russian composer born in St. Petersburg Russia (d. 1922)

Adolf Hurwitz German mathematician (RiemannHurwitz formula) born in Hildesheim Germany (d. 1919)