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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

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    Jan 04 1334

    Amadeus VI [Green Count] Count of Savoy (d. 1383)

    Jan 04 1567

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    Jan 04 1581

    James Ussher Archbishop of Armagh (claimed world began 4004 BC).

    Jan 04 1604

    Jacob Balde German jesuitbarok conductor (Jephthe)

    Jan 04 1672

    Hugh Boulter Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)

    Jan 04 1710

    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo)

    Jan 04 1720

    Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composerorganist

    Jan 04 1726

    Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Dutch engraverart collector

    Jan 04 1739

    Henrik C Cras Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)

    Jan 04 1772

    Paul-Louis Courier (de Mere) French writerinterpreter

    Jan 04 1797

    Wilhelm Beer German amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)

    Jan 04 1813

    Alexander Freiherr von Bach Austria attorneypremier (1852-59)

    Jan 04 1813

    Isaac Pitman Britain inventor (stenographic shorthand)

    Jan 04 1813

    Louis L Bonaparte EnglishFrench linguistsenator

    Jan 04 1821

    John James Peck American Major General (Union Army) born in Manlius New York (d. 1878)

    Jan 04 1822

    Joseph Jones Reynolds American engineer educator and Major General (Union Army) born in Flemingsburg Kentucky (d. 1899)

    Jan 04 1823

    Otto van Rees gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1884-88)

    Jan 04 1823

    Peter Joseph Osterhaus German-American diplomat and Major General (Union Army) born in Koblenz Germany (d. 1917)

    Jan 04 1837

    Casimiro de Abreu Brazil poet (Camoes e o jau)

    Jan 04 1838

    Charles Stratton [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)

    Jan 04 1842

    Frederic T. Greenhalge 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)

    Jan 04 1848

    Katsura Taro Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)

    Jan 04 1869

    Tommy Corcoran American baseball shortstop (MLB shortstop game assist record 14) born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1960)

    Jan 04 1870

    Percy Pitt English composer (BBC) born in London (d. 1932)

    Jan 04 1872

    Edmund Rumpler Austrian autoairplane builder

    Jan 04 1874

    Svend Fleuron Danish writer born on Good Katrinedal (d. 1966)

    Jan 04 1877

    Gibson Gowland British actor (Greed Blind Husbands The Phantom of the Opera) born in Spennymoor Durham England (d. 1951)

    Jan 04 1878

    Alfred Edgar Coppard England writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)

    Jan 04 1881

    Wilhelm Lehmbruck German painterpoetsculptor (Seated Youth)

    Jan 04 1883

    Johanna Westerdijk botanistNeth 1st female prof (Utrecht 1917-52)

    Jan 04 1883

    Max Eastman American criticessayist and editor of The Masses (d. 1969)

    Jan 04 1888

    Arthur Berry England soccer player (Olympic gold 1908 12)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Jan 04 1357 Flemish earl Louis & Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty

    Jan 04 1490 Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lese-majesty.

    Jan 04 1519 -6] 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther & Karl von Miltitz)

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