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Jan 23 1350

Vincent Ferrer Spanish missionary & saint born in Valencia Aragon (d. 1419)

Jan 23 1574

Lucas Franchoys the Elder Belgian painter born in Mechelen Belgium (d. 1643)

Jan 23 1688

Ulrika Eleonora Queen of Sweden born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1741)

Jan 23 1719

John Landen English mathematician born in England United Kingdom (d. 1790)

Jan 23 1730

Joseph Hewes American merchant (Declaration of Independence signatory) born in Princeton New Jersey (d. 1779)

Jan 23 1745

William Jessop English canal engineer born in Plymouth United Kingdom (d. 1814)

Jan 23 1752

Muzio Clementi Italian composer born in Rome Italy (d. 1832)

Jan 23 1761

Friedrich von Matthison German poet (Adelaide) born in Hohendodeleben Germany (d. 1831)

Jan 23 1762

Christian A Vulpius German novelist & dramatist (Rinaldo Rinaldini) born in Weimar Germany (d. 1827)

Jan 23 1783

Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] French writer (Le Rouge et de Noir a Chartreuse de Parme) born in Grenoble France (d. 1842)

Jan 23 1785

Carl Adolph Agardh Swedish botanist & bishop of Karlstad born in Bstad Sweden (d. 1859)

Jan 23 1786

Auguste de Montferrand French architect born in Trocadro Paris (d. 1858)

Jan 23 1809

Veer Surendra Sai Indian freedom fighter & tribal leader born in Sambalpur district India (d. 1884)

Jan 23 1813

Franz Commer German composer & musicologist born in Cologne Germany (d. 1887)

Jan 23 1816

Compars Herrmann German stage magician born in Hanover Germany (d. 1887)

Jan 23 1820

Alexander Serov Russian composer & music critic born in Saint Petersburg Russia (d. 1871)

Jan 23 1827

Saig Takamori Japanese samurai & leader of Satsuma rebellion born in Kajiyacho Japan (d. 1877)

Jan 23 1828

Calvin Edward Pratt American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Worcester County Massachusetts (d. 1896)

Jan 23 1830

Gaston Marquis de Galliffet French general & Minister of War (1899-1900) born in Paris France (d. 1909)

Jan 23 1833

John Randolph Chambliss Jr American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) born in Greensville County Virginia (d. 1864)

Jan 23 1837

Amanda Smith American former slave singer and evangelist born in Long Green Maryland (d. 1915)

Jan 23 1840

Ernst Abbe German physicist & optical scientist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) born in Eisenach Germany (d. 1905)

Jan 23 1843

Bolko von Hochberg German diplomat & composer born in Castle Frstenstein Silesia (d. 1926)

Jan 23 1855

John Moses Browning American inventor born in Ogden Utah (d. 1926)

Jan 23 1857

Andrija Mohorovicic Croatian meteorologist & seismologist (Moho discontinuity) born in Opatija Croatia (d. 1936)

Jan 23 1862

David Hilbert German mathematician (Hilbert spaces invariant theory axiomatization of geometry) born in Knigsberg East Prussia (d. 1943)

Jan 23 1865

Benjamin Delmonte Dutch theater director & actor (Black Haired Whore) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1944)

Jan 23 1868

Juventino Rosas Mexican composer & violinist born in Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas Mexico (d. 1894)

Jan 23 1869

Felice Boghen Italian composer born in Florence Italy (d. 1945)

Jan 23 1869

Herbert David Croly American author (Promise of American Life) born in Manhattan New York (d. 1930)

Jan 23 1872

Paul Langevin French physicist born in Paris France (d. 1946)

Jan 23 1872

Joze Plenik Slovenian architect born in Ljubljana Slovenia (d. 1957)

Jan 23 1878

Oton Zupancic Slovenian poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom) born in Vinica rnomelj Slovenia (d. 1949)

Jan 23 1265 1st English Parliament not summoned by the monarch formally convened (some authorities)

Jan 23 1368 In a coronation ceremony Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.

Jan 23 1546 Having published nothing for eleven years Francois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.

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