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Jul 19 1670

Richard Leveridge English bass singer and composer born in St Martin-in-the-Fields London (d. 1758)

Jul 19 1592

Erhard Buttner German composer born in Rmhild (d. 1625)

Jul 19 1688

Giuseppe Castiglione Italian Jesuit brother and missionary to China born in Milan Italy (d. 1766)

Jul 19 1735

Garret Wesley 1st Earl of Mornington Anglo-Irish composer born in Dangan Castle County Meath Ireland (d. 1781)

Jul 19 1742

Jean-Baptiste Davaux French classical composer born in La Cte-Saint-Andr France (d. 1822)

Jul 19 1744

Heinrich Christian Boie German author and editor born in Meldorf Germany (d. 1806)

Jul 19 1750

Alessio Prati Italian composer born in Ferrara Italy (d. 1788)

Jul 19 1759

Seraphim of Sarov Russian Orthodox Saint born in Kursk Russian Empire (d. 1833) [OS]

Jul 19 1782

Jonathan Blewitt English organist and composer born in London (d. 1853)

Jul 19 1789

John Martin English painter and engraver born in Haydon Bridge Northumberland England (d. 1854)

Jul 19 1797

Johann Gottlieb Schneider German composer born in Neugersdorf Germany (d. 1856)

Jul 19 1800

Juan Jos Flores General and first President of Ecuador (1839-1845) born in Puerto Cabello Venezuela (d. 1864)

Jul 19 1811

Vincenz Lachner German composer born in Rain am Lech Bavaria Germany (d 1893)

Jul 19 1817

Mary Ann Bickerdyke American army nurse (union) born in Knox County Ohio (d. 1901)

Jul 19 1819

Gottfried Keller German-Swiss poet and novelist born in Zurich (d. 1890)

Jul 19 1822

Princess Augusta of Cambridge Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and granddaughter of George III born in Palace of Montbrillant Hanover (d. 1916)

Jul 19 1823

George Henry Gordon American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Charlestown Boston Massachusetts (d. 1886)

Jul 19 1827

Mangal Pandey Indian Sepoy (soldier) in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry (B.N.I.) regiment of the British East India Company born in Nagwa Ballia district India (d. 1857)

Jul 19 1828

Roger Atkinson Pryor American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Petersburg Virginia (d. 1919)

Jul 19 1833

John Wesley Turner American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Saratoga New York (d. 1899)

Jul 19 1834

Edgar Degas French impressionist painter sculptor and artist (The Bellelli Family) born in Paris (d. 1917)

Jul 19 1838

Joel Asaph Allen American zoologist (Allens rule) and first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of Natural History born in Springfield Massachusetts (d. 1921)

Jul 19 1846

Charles Edward Pickering American astronomer and pioneered American spectroscopist born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1919)

Jul 19 1848

Cornelis Adrianus Pekelharing Dutch physician born in Zaandam Netherlands(d. 1922)

Jul 19 1849

Franois Victor Alphonse Aulard French historian born in Montbron France (d. 1928)

Jul 19 1849

Ferdinand Brunetire French writer and critic born in Toulon Var France (d. 1906)

Jul 19 1851

Hendrik Jut Dutch murderer (Head of Jut) born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1878)

Jul 19 1854

Daniel Josephus Jitta Dutch High Court lawyer born in Amsterdam (d. 1925)

Jul 19 1855

Emil Paur Austrian conductor born in Czernowitz Austria (d. 1932)

Jul 19 1863

Hermann Bahr Austrian writer (Concert) born in Linz Austria (d. 1934)

Jul 19 1863

Dwijendralal Ray Bengali poet playwright and lyricist (Dwijendrageeti) born in Krishnanagar British India (d. 1913)

Jul 19 1865

Charles Horace Mayo American surgeon and co-founder (Mayo Clinic) born in Rochester Minnesota (d. 1939)

Jul 19 1873

Louis Zimmermann Dutch violinist and 1st concert master of Concert building born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1954)

Jul 19 1195 Battle at Alarcos Almohaden beats Alfons VIII of Castilia

Jul 19 1380 Thomas of Buckinghams invasion army lands on Calais

Jul 19 1425 Duke John VI of Brabant pledges HollandZealand to Philip the Good

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