Bartolomeo Spontone Italian composer and singer born in Bologna (d. 1592)

Georges de Scudry French writer and dramatist (LAmour tyrannique) born in Le Havre France (d. 1667)

Christopher Gibbons English composer born in London (d. 1676)

Jean Renaud de Segrais French writer and poet born in Caen France (d. 1701)

Denis Papin French physicist (Papiniaanse pot steam machine) born in Blois France (d. 1712)

Pierre Gurin de Tencin French cardinal born in Grenoble France (d. 1758)

Pierre Danican Philidor French composer born in Paris (d. 1731)

Christian Friedrich Ruppe Dutch-German composer born in Bad Salzungen Germany (d. 1826)

Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei] Italian Pope (1823-29) born in Genga Marche Italy (d. 1829)

Charles Percier French architect born in Paris (d. 1838)

Joseph-Denis Doche French composer born in Paris (d. 1825)

Jn Josef Rsler Czech composer born in Bansk tiavnica Slovakia (d. 1813)

Henry Maudslay English inventor of the metal lathe born in Woolwich London (d. 1831)

Aim Bonpland French explorer and botanist born in La Rochelle France (birth date disputed) (d. 1858)

James Kirke Paulding American author (The Dutchmans Fireside) born in Pleasant Valley NY (d. 1860)

Thomas Tredgold English railway engineer and carpenterborn in Brandon Durham England (d. 1829)

Abraham Capadose Dutch physician and missionary born in Amsterdam (d. 1874)

William S. Harney U.S. general born in Madison Tennessee (d. 1889)

Samuel David Luzzatto Italian-Jewish scholar born in Trieste Italy (d. 1865)

George Stoneman US Union general-major and Governor of California (1883-87) born in Busti NY (d. 1894)

Virginia Clemm Poe American wife of writer Edgar Allan Poe born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1847)

Edouard Silas Dutch composer born in Amsterdam (d. 1909)

Joseph Anthony Mower American Major General (Union Army) born in Woodstock Vermont (d. 1870)

Ezra Butler Eddy Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician born in Vermont (d. 1906)

Nathaniel Harrison Harris Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Natchez Mississippi (d. 1900)

Samuel Pierpont Langley American astronomer and pioneer aviator born in Roxbury Boston Massachusetts (d. 1906)

Archibald M Willard American artist (Spirit of 76) born in Bedford Ohio (d. 1918)

George Washington De Long American Arctic Explorer whose disastrous expedition provided evidence to support the theory of trans-Arctic oceanic drift born in NYC New York

William Lewis Douglas 42nd Governor of Massachusetts born in Plymouth Massachusetts (d. 1924)

Amalie Skram Norwegian author (Hellemyrsfolket) born in Bergen Norway (d. 1905)

Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Scottish composer born in Edinburgh (d. 1935)

Melville E. Stone American newspaper publisher (Founder of Chicago Daily News) born in Hudson Illinois (d. 1929)

Alfredo Oriani Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy) born in Faenza Italy (d. 1909)