Eleonora Plantagenet daughter of King Eduard II and wife of Reinald II

Giovanni Domenico Cassini Italian-French mathematician astronomer and engineer who discovered four of Saturns moons born in Perinaldo Republic of Genova (d. 1712)

William Dampier English explorer born in East Coker Sommerset (d. 1715)

Tomaso Albinoni Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor) born in Venice Italy (d. 1751)

John Collins American politician 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (1786-90) born in Newport Colony of Rhode Island British America (d. 1795)

Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht German composer born in Ulm Baden-Wrttemberg Germany (d. 1794)

John Smeaton British civil engineer born in Austhorpe Leeds England (d. 1792)

Gabriele Mario Piozzi composer born in Quinzano dOglio Italy (d. 1809)

Alessandro Cagliostro [Giuseppe Balsamo] Italian adventurer and magician (Prince of Quacks) born in Palermo Sicily (d. 1795)

Caspar Wessel Danish-Norwegian mathematician born in Vestby Norway (d. 1818)

Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac French composer born in Muret Haute-Garonne France (d. 1809)

Cornelis van Foreest Dutch politician Mayor of Alkmaar born in Alkmaar Netherlands (d. 1823)

Ercole Consalvi Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal born in Rome Italy (d. 1824)

Thomas Dunham Whitaker British topographer born in Rainham Norfolk (d. 1821)

Robert Stevenson Scottish civil engineer (Bell Rock Lighthouse Scotland) born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 1850)

Joseph Lincke German cellist and composer born in Trachenberg Silesia (d. 1837)

Jan Baptist van Son Dutch politician (RC) born in s-Hertogenbosch Noord-Brabant Netherlands (d. 1875)

Luigi Ricci Italian composer born in Naples (d. 1859)

Gideon Johnson Pillow American lawyer and Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Williamson County Tennessee (d. 1878)

Robert Schumann German composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik) born in Zwickau Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1856)

Spyridon Xyndas Greek composer born in Corfu Greece (d. 1896)

David Dixon Porter United States Navy admiral born in Chester Pennsylvania (d. 1891)

Charles Reade English novelist (Cloister & Hearth) born in Ipsden Oxfordshire (d. 1884)

John Dunlap Stevenson American attorney politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Staunton Virginia (d. 1897)

Samuel White Baker English explorer (Ceylon & Egypt) born in London England (d. 1893)

Robert Morris 1st successful African American lawyer in the US and Abolitionist born in Salem Massachusetts (d. 1882)

James Loudon Dutch politician Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1872-75) born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1900)

William Montgomery Gardner American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) born in Augusta Georgia (d. 1901)

John Everett Millais English painter (Order of Release) born in Southampton Hampshire England (d. 1896)

Thomas J. Higgins Union Army soldier during the American Civil War recipient of Americas highest military decoration (Medal of Honor) born in Huntington Quebec Canada (d. 1917)

George Garrett English composer born in Winchester England (d. 1897)

Jan Kleczyski Sr. Polish painist and composer born in Janiewicze Russian Empire (d. 1895)

Moritz Heyne German germanist (Beowulf) born in Weissenfels Germany (d. 1906)