Katharine of Bohemia Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)

Marqus de Santillana Castilian politician and poet (serranillas) born in Carrin de los Condes Spain (d. 1458)

Lodovico Guicciardini Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)

Paulus Merula Dutch lawyer and historian (Historia Belgica) born in Dordrecht Netherlands (d. 1607)

Pierre Vernier Ornans French mathematician and inventor of the vernier caliper used for taking accurate measurements

Henry Rich 1st Earl of Holland English soldier (d. 1649)

Elizabeth Stuart Electress Palatine Queen of Bohemia and daughter of James IV and I of England and Scotland (d. 1662)

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout Dutch painter (d. 1674)

John Dryden English poet (1st Poet Laureate 1668-1700) born in Aldwincle Northamptonshire (d. 1700) [OSAug 9]

John Flamsteed English astronomer and first Astronomer Royal born in Denby England (d. 1719)

Samuel Richardson English novelist (Pamela) (baptized)

Marie Jeanne Becu Comtesse du Barry last mistress of Louis XV (d. 1793)

Anthony FRE Haersolte member of Executing Regime

Pierre-Jean de Branger French poet and songwriter born in Paris (d. 1857)

Seth Thomas American pioneer in mass production of clocks

Edward John Dent British Clockmaker to Queen Victoria and commissioned to make Big Ben London (completed after his death by his son Frederick Dent) born in London England

James Nasmyth Edinburgh Scottish Engineer and Inventor of the steam hammer

John Porter McCown Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1879)

Julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt Dutch minister of Foreign affairs

Julius Lothar Meyer German Chemist who developed the first periodic table of chemical elements independently of Dimitri Mendeleev born in Varel Oldenburg (d. 1895)

Stephen Gano Burbridge Butcher of Kentucky American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Georgetown Kentucky (d. 1894)

Luis Martn Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)

Gustave Caillebotte French shipbuilding designpainter (Rue de Paris)

Charles Comiskey 1st basemenmanager (Chicago White Sox)

Hippolyte Delehaye Flemish historianhagiographer

John Kane Scottish-born US primitivist painter (Self-Portrait)

Bernard Baruch financierpresidential adviser (Cold War)

Fred Stone renowned American circus performer and broadway actor (Alice Adams) born in Longmont Colorado (d. 1959)

Georges Enesco [or Enescu] Romania composer (Romanian Dances)

Jos Mendes Cabeadas 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)

Elsie Ferguson American film actress (Footlights Scarlet Pages) born in NYC New York (d. 1961)

Leonid Kulik Russian Minerologist who led the first research expedition to study the Tunguska meteor site the largest impact event in recorded history born in Tartu Estonia Imperial Russia (d. 1942)

Werner Elert German Lutheran theologian (d. 1954)