Minamoto no Yoriie Japanese shogun born in Kamakura Kanagawa Prefecture Japan (d. 1204)

Bernardo Accolti [Unico Aretino] Italian writer (Virginia) born in Arezzo Italy (d. 1535)

Louise of Savoy French mother of King Francois I born in Pont-dAin France (d. 1531)

Ulisse Aldrovandi Italian biologist and naturalist born in Bologna Italy (d. 1605)

Pierre de Ronsard French poet born in Couture-sur-Loir Vendmois (d. 1585)

Johan Georg Elector of Brandenburg (1571-91) born in Clln Germany (d. 1598)

Thomas Erpenius [van Erpe] Dutch orientalist and Arabist (grammar) born in Gorinchem Netherlands (d. 1624)

Henri de la Tour dAuvergne Vicomte de Turenne Marshal of France born in Chteau de Sedan Sedan France (d. 1675)

Philipp Buchner German composer born in Wertheim am Main Germany (d. 1669)

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius German jurist born in Eisenberg Germany (d. 1741)

James Thomson Scottish poet (Rule Britannia) born in Ednam Scotland (d. 1748)

Johann Bernhard Basedow German educational reformer born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1790)

Johann Jakob Engel German author (Herr Lorenz Stark) born in Parchim Germany (d. 1802)

Friedrich August Baumbach German composer born in Gotha Germany (d. 1813)

Joanna Baillie Scottish poet and playwright born in Bothwell Scotland (d. 1851)

Valentino Fioravanti Italian composer born in Rome (d. 1837)

Mungo Park Scottish explorer (first westerner to travel the central Niger River in Africa) born in Selkirkshire Scotland (d. 1806)

Friedrich Kuhlau German-Danish opera composer born in Lneburg Germany (d. 1832)

Franz E. Neumann German mineralogist mathematician and physicist born in Joachimsthal Brandenburg Germany (d. 1895)

Daniel S. Dickinson New York senator born in Goshen Connecticut (d. 1866)

Aleksandr Polezhayev Russian poet (Sasjka) born in Penza Governorate Russian Empire (d. 1638) [NS]

Joshua Blackwood Howell American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Woodbury New Jersey (d. 1864)

Ignaz Lachner German composer born in Rain Bavaria Germany (d. 1895)

Conrad Feger Jackson American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Alsace Township Pennsylvania (d. 1862)

Carl Zeiss German scientific instrument and lens maker (Carl Zeiss AG) born in Weimar German Confederation (d. 1888)

Erastus Flaval Beadle American publisher (Beadles Dime Novels) born in Oswego County New York (d. 1894)

Eduard Hanslick German music critic born in Prague Czech Republic (d. 1904)

William Wirt Allen Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in NYC New York (d. 1894)

Fitz Hugh Ludlow American author (The Hasheesh Eater) born in NYC New York (d. 1870)

John Ireland Irish-American archbishop of St Paul (1888-1918) born in Burnchurch Ireland (d. 1918)

George Martin English composer and organist born in Lambourn Berkshire (d. 1916)

Vjenceslav Novak Croatian Realist writer (Pavao egota) born in Senj Croatia (d. 1905)

James Allan New Zealand rugby union player All Black born in Taieri Otago New Zealand (d. 1934)