Birthdays in History
Anthony Wayne
Jan 1 Anthony Wayne, American military leader (Legion of the United States), born in Easttown Township, Province of Pennsylvania (d. 1796)
Anthony Wayne
- Jan 6 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, Annonay, Ardèche, French inventors and 1st pioneer balloonist (Montgolfière-style hot air balloon)
Alessandro Volta
Feb 18 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and inventor of the 1st battery, born in Como, Italy (d. 1827)
Alessandro Volta
- Feb 20 Henry James Pye, English poet, British Poet Laureate (1790-1813), born in London (d. 1813)
- Mar 10 John Gunby, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)
- Apr 20 Philippe Pinel, French physician (the father of modern psychiatry), born in Jonquières, France (d. 1826)
- Apr 29 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800), born in Windsor, Connecticut, British America (d. 1807)
- Jun 8 Caspar Wessel, Danish-Norwegian mathematician, born in Vestby, Norway (d. 1818)
- Jul 13 Robert Calder, British naval officer, born in Kent, England (d. 1818)
- Jul 28 Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Baltic German courtier and military governor of St Petersburg, born in Palmse, Estonia (d. 1826)
- Sep 16 Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal, born in St Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1813)
- Sep 23 John Sevier, Tennessee, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn)
- Nov 24 Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, born in Palace of San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain (d. 1792)
- Dec 24 Benjamin Rush, American physician & politician (signed the Declaration of Independence), born in Byberry, Philadelphia (d. 1813)