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Jan 29 1632

Johann Georg Graevius German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)

Jan 29 1688

Emmanuel Swedenborg Swedish religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)

Jan 29 1700

Daniel Bernoulli mathematician (10 time French award) born in Basel Switzerland

Jan 29 1703

Carlmann Kolb German composer and priest born in Ksslarn Lower Bavaria (d. 1765)

Jan 29 1711

Giuseppe Bonno Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1788)

Jan 29 1715

Georg Christoph Wagenseil Austrian (court) composerpianist

Jan 29 1717

Jeffrey Amherst English gov-gen of Americafieldmarshal

Jan 29 1754

Moses Cleaveland founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)

Jan 29 1756

Henry Light Horse Harry Lee III Congressman Governor of Virginia and American General

Jan 29 1761

Albert Gallatin Swiss-American politician Secretary of the Treasury (1801-14) born in Geneva Switzerland (d. 1849)

Jan 29 1763

Johann Gottfried Seume German writer (Spaziergang nach Syrakus) born in Poserna Saxony-Anhalt (d. 1810)

Jan 29 1782

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber French opera composer (Fra Diavolo)

Jan 29 1782

Franciszek cigalski Polish composer born in Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Jan 29 1783

Vasili A Zjukovski Russian folk poettranslator (Homerus) [NSFeb 9]

Jan 29 1801

Johannes Bernardus van Bree Dutch violinistcomposer (Felix Meritis)

Jan 29 1803

James Outram Bulterley Hall Derbyshire general

Jan 29 1821

Isaac Ferdinand Quinby American General (Union Army) born in Morristown New Jersey (d. 1891)

Jan 29 1823

Franklin Gardner Major General (Confederate Army)

Jan 29 1836

Benjamin Franklin Potts American lawyer politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Fox Township Ohio (d. 1887)

Jan 29 1836

James Meech Warner American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Middlebury Vermont (d. 1897)

Jan 29 1850

Ebenezer Howard pioneer of garden cities born in London England

Jan 29 1852

Ion Luca Caragiale Romanian actor and playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa) born in Haimanalele Ploiesti Romania (d. 1912)

Jan 29 1854

Willem PC Knuttel Dutch bibliographerlibrarian

Jan 29 1862

Frederick Delius British composer (A Mass of Life Brigg Fair In a Summer Garden) born in Bradford England (d. 1934)

Jan 29 1866

Romain Rolland French writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)

Jan 29 1867

Vicente Blasco Ibez Spanish writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)

Jan 29 1873

Prince Luigi Amedeo Duke of the Abruzzi Italian explorerclimber (Mt St Elias)

Jan 29 1874

Robert Lach Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1958)

Jan 29 1876

[William] Havergal Brian British composer (Gothic symphony) born in Dresden Staffordshire (d. 1972)

Jan 29 1880

W C Fields [William Claude Dukenfield] actor (Bank Dick) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Jan 29 1884

Juhan Aavic Estonian composer born in Holstre Russian Empire (d. 1982)

Jan 29 1887

Albert Conti Austrian actor (Jazz Heaven Doomed Battalion) born in Trieste Austria-Hungary (d. 1967)

Jan 29 1891

R Norris Williams American tennis champ (US Open-1914) and survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (d. 1968)

Jan 29 1258 Mongols defeated by Dai Viet at the battle of Dong Bo Dau

Jan 29 1523 Sermon of Constanz Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden

Jan 29 1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet

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