Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl of Kent English politician (d. 1330)

Guillaume Dufay Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)

Alexander Jagiellon Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)

Joseph Justice Scaliger proposed Julian dating

Charles dAlbert duc of Luynes French courtier favourite of Louis XIII and Constable of France born in Longueville France (d. 1621)

John Eliot Apostle to Indians Bible translator baptized

Antonio Cesti Italian composer singer and musician born in Arezzo (d. 1669) baptismal date

William Tucker Jamestown Virginia 1st child of African descent born in English America

Vitus Bering Danish explorer of Bering Strait and coast of Alaska born in Horsens Denmark (d. 1741)

Leonardo Leo Italian composer born in San Vito degli Schiavi Kingdom of Naples (d. 1744)

Johan Lulofs Dutch physicistphilosopherastronomer

Thomas Lynch signer (Declaration of Independence)

Friedrich August Kummer German composer and musician born in Meiningen (d. 1879)

Niels H Abel Norwegian mathematician (Abels Comparisons)

Ambroise Thomas French opera composer (d. 1896)

Edward J Eyre British explorergovernor (Jamaica)

Johann Georg Herzog German composer and organist born in Hummendorf (d. 1909)

Deodoro da Fonseca first President of Brazil (d. 1892)

Giovanni Rossi Italian composer born in Borgo San Donnino Parma (d. 1886)

WFAA LouisaLovisa queen of SwedenNorwayprincess of Netherlands

Milo Smith Hascall American banker real estate executive and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Le Roy New York (d. 1904)

Carola of Vasa Queen consort of Saxony (d. 1907)

James Scott Skinner Scottish composer and dancing master born in Arbeadie Scotland (d. 1927)

Anton Simon Russian composer born in Paris (d. 1916)

Guy de Maupassant French author (Boule de Suif) born in Chteau de Miromesnil France (d. 1893)

Joseph Merrick The Elephant Man born in Leicester England (d. 1890)

Resurreccion Maria de Azkue Basque priest composer and first head of the Euskaltzaindia born in Lekeitio Spain (d. 1951)

Alfred Holy Czech composer and harpist born in Oporto (d. 1948)

Horace Rawlins English golfer (US Open 1895) born in Shanklin Isle of Wight (d. 1935)

Mary R Beard american historian (Woman as a Force in History) born in Indianapolis Indiana

Gertrude E Durden Rush American composerplaywright (Black Girls Burden)

scar Espl Spanish composer born in Alicante Spain (d. 1976)

Reginald Owen British actor (Mary Poppins Sherlock Holmes) born in Wheathampstead Hertfordshire England (d. 1972)