Dec 1 Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, Russian church composer (d. 1856) Dec 12 Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint and founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, born in Joigny, Burgundy, France (d. 1865) Dec 14 Mariano RodrÃguez de Ledesma, Spanish composer, born in Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1847) Dec 19 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, born in Paris, France (d. 1857) 1778 Famous Birthdays by Year 1780