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Oct 22 1765

Daniel Steibelt German pianist and composer born in Berlin (d. 1823)

Oct 22 1836

Mungo Park Scottish golfer (British Open 1874) born in Inveresk East Lothian (d. 1904)

Oct 22 1876

[Joseph Jacinto] Jo Mora Uruguayan-born American cartoonist cowboy and illustrator who lived with the Hopi tribe and wrote extensively of his experiences born in Montevideo Uruguay (d. 1947)

Oct 22 1894

Mi Lnfng Chinese opera performer (d. 1961)

Oct 22 1896

Charles Glen King American biochemist and pioneer of nutrition research who isolated vitamin C born in Entiat Washington (d. 1988)

Oct 22 1928

Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazilian movie director (Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francs Vidas Secas) born in So Paulo Brazil (d. 2018)

Oct 22 1939

George Cohen English footballer (1966 World Cup) born in London England

Oct 22 1949

Arsne Wenger French football manager (Arsenal 1996-2018) born Strasbourg France

Oct 22 1958

Bobby Blotzer American rock drummer (Ratt Round & Round) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Oct 22 1961

Barbara Potter American tennis player (6 WTA singles titles 19 doubles) born in Waterbury Connecticut

Oct 22 1963

Brian Boitano American figure skater (Olympic mens singles gold 1988) born in Mountain View California

Oct 22 1972

Tyrone Williams Canadian American football defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys) born in Halifax Nova Scotia

Oct 22 1978

Dion Glover American basketball player born in Marietta Georgia

Oct 22 1197

Emperor Juntoku 84th emperor of Japan (d. 1242)

Oct 22 1511

Erasmus Reinhold German mathematician (calculated planetary table) born in Saalfeld Electorate of Saxony (d. 1553)

Oct 22 1592

Gustaf Horn Swedish soldier and politician born in rbyhus Castle Uppland (d. 1657)

Oct 22 1686

Georg Balthasar Schott German composer born in Schnau near Eisenach Thuringia Germany (d. 1736)

Oct 22 1688

Nader Shah Iranian ruler (1736-47) and founder of Afsharid Dynasty of Persia born in Kobhan Iran (d. 1747)

Oct 22 1689

John V King of Portugal (1706-50) born in Ribeira Palace Lisbon (d. 1750)

Oct 22 1698

Nicola Logroscino Italian composer born in Bitonto Bari Italy (d. 1765)

Oct 22 1701

Maria Amalia of Austria Holy Roman Empire Empress as the spouse of Emperor Charles VII born in Hofburg Palace Vienna Archduchy of Austria Holy Roman Empire (d. 1756)

Oct 22 1729

Johann Reinhold Forster German botanist (naturalist on James Cooks second Pacific voyage) born in Dirschau (Tczew) Royal Prussia PolishLithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1798)

Oct 22 1737

Vincenzo Manfredini Italian composer born in Pistoia Florence (d. 1799)

Oct 22 1752

Ambrogio Minoja Italian classical composer born in Ospedaletto Lodigiano Lodi Italy (d. 1825)

Oct 22 1761

Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz German composer born in Owen Kirchheim unter Teck Germany (d. 1799)

Oct 22 1790

Jan Ackersdijk Dutch political economist born in s-Hertogenbosch Netherlands (d. 1861)

Oct 22 1807

Magnus Huss Swedish physician who coined the word alcoholism and was the first to define it as a disease born in Torps Vsternorrland county Sweden (d. 1890)

Oct 22 1809

Federico Ricci Italian composer born in Naples Italy (d. 1877)

Oct 22 1809

Volney E. Howard American politician born in Oxford County Maine (d. 1889)

Oct 22 1818

Leconte de Lisle French poet and writer born in Saint-Paul Runion France (d. 1894)

Oct 22 1826

Guglielmo Quarenghi Italian composer and cellist born in Casalmaggiore Italy (d. 1882)

Oct 22 1832

August Labitzky Bohemian composer born in Beov nad Teplou Czechia (d. 1903)

Oct 22 1832

Leopold Damrosch German-American composer born in Pozna Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1885)

Oct 22 1335 Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) became a Zen priest

Oct 22 1383 The -85 Crisis in Portugal A period of civil war and disorder begins after King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne

Oct 22 1575 Foundation of Aguascalientes (one of 32 Federal Entities of Mexico)

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