Count Henry III of Nassau-Breda Stadholder of Holland and Zeeland 1515-1521 (d. 1538)

Jan Baptist van Helmont Flemish chemist (found boiling point temperature)

Lord Alexander Ruthven Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)

Jos RiberaJusepe de Ribera Spanish painter and printmaker nicknamed Lo Spagnoletto (d. 1652)

Franois Duquesnoy French sculptor (d. 1643)

Ernst R Tarhemberg Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)

Jacques Duphly French composer and harpsichordist born in Rouen (d. 1789)

Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick Prussian general (d. 1792)

Samuel Langdon American college educator (d. 1797)

Edmund Burke British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OSJan 1]

Lazzaro Spallanzani Modena Italy physiologist

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Swiss educator (Leonard & Gertrude) born in Zurich Switzerland (d. 1827)

Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff Austrian earlprincediplomat

Ferdinand I king of Sicily & Naples. (d. 1825)

Count Mikhail Speransky Russian reformer (d. 1839)

Wilhelm M L de Wette German exegetisttheologist

Erik Gustaf Geijer Swedish historianpoet (Natthimmelen)

Sir Robert Inglis Bt English politician (d. 1855)

Robert Patterson Irish-American Major General (Union Army) born in Cappagh County Tyrone Ireland (d. 1881)

Johan August Arfwedson Swedish chemist (d. 1841)

Louise Sophie Bluss Dutch author born in Leiden Holland (d. 1896)

Paul the Great Taglioni ballet choreographer born in Vienna Austria

Jones Mitchell Withers Mjr General (Confederate Army) (d. 1890)

Zealous Bates Tower American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Cohasset Massachusetts (d. 1900)

Joseph Robert Davis Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1896)

Charles Cruft American teacher lawyer railroad executive and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Terre Haute Indiana (d. 1883)

Richard Waterhouse Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1876)

Joseph J C Joffre French fieldmarshal (Indo China Marne)

Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro Italian mathematician (tensor analysis)

John Singer Sargent American painter (Wyndham Sisters) born in Florence Italy (d. 1925)

Henry Larkin American baseball player (d. 1942)

James Mark Baldwin American Philosopher and Psychologist born in Columbia South Carolina

Swami Vivekananda Indian Hindu spiritual leader and a key figure in the introduction of Yoga to the Western world born in Kolkata India (d. 1902)