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===1601–1900=== *[[1608]] – [[Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham]] (d. 1649) *[[1631]] – [[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds]], English politician, [[Treasurer of the Navy]] (d. 1712) *[[1633]] – [[Jan de Baen]], Dutch painter (d. 1702) *[[1705]] – [[Nicolas Chédeville]], French [[Musette de cour|musette]] player and composer (d. 1782) *[[1726]] – [[William Prescott]], American colonel (d. 1795) *[[1744]] – [[William Cornwallis]], English admiral and politician (d. 1819)<ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts|title=Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|date=1917|oclc=1751467|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppgKAAAAYAAJ|page=127|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Lodge|first=Edmund|title=The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage: With Brief Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility, With Engravings of the Arms|location=London|publisher=Saunders and Otley|date=1832|oclc=987931214|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QK-4tHp4dzgC|page=89|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Lambert|first=Andrew|chapter=Sir William Cornwallis, 1844-1819|title=Precursors of Nelson: British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century|location=London|publisher=Chatham|date=2000|isbn=9781861760623|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1Nmhx-ZO_kC|page=354}}</ref> *[[1745]] – [[Henry James Pye]], English poet and politician (d. 1813) *[[1748]] – [[Luther Martin]], American politician (d. 1826)<ref name=ABDML>{{cite book|title=A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789|volume=2: I-Z|last1=Papenfuse|first1=Edward C.|last2=Day|first2=Alan F.|last3=Jordan|first3=David W.|last4=Stiverson|first4=Gregory A.|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|pages=577–578|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000800/000875/pdf/lutherbio.pdf|access-date=2020-12-05|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417120631/https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000800/000875/pdf/lutherbio.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- added to target on 2020-12-05, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luther_Martin&diff=992502881&oldid=986853455 --> *[[1751]] – [[Johann Heinrich Voss]], German poet, translator, and academic (d. 1826) *[[1753]] – [[Louis-Alexandre Berthier]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of Defence]] (d. 1815) *[[1756]] – [[Angelica Schuyler Church]], American socialite, sister-in-law to [[Alexander Hamilton]] (d. 1814) *[[1759]] – [[Johann Christian Reil]], German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (d. 1813) *[[1774]] – [[Vicente Sebastián Pintado]], Spanish cartographer, engineer, military officer and land surveyor of [[Spanish Louisiana]] and [[Spanish West Florida]] (d. 1829)<ref name=" La obra de Pintado en la Biblioteca del Congreso">[http://anuariosatlanticos.casadecolon.com/index.php/CHCA/article/download/7631/6602 La obra del canario Pintado en la Biblioteca del Congreso] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702124649/http://anuariosatlanticos.casadecolon.com/index.php/CHCA/article/download/7631/6602 |date=2015-07-02 }} (in Spanish: The work of the Canarian Pintado in the Library of Congress). Eric Beerman.</ref> *[[1784]] – [[Judith Montefiore]], British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist (d. 1862)<ref name="Speake2003">{{cite book|editor-last=Speake|editor-first=Jennifer|editor-link=Jennifer Speake|title=Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3w07y2oRu8C&pg=PA810|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-424-5|pages=810–|access-date=2018-09-15|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220084916/https://books.google.com/books?id=j3w07y2oRu8C&pg=PA810|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1792]] – [[Eliza Courtney]], French daughter of [[Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire]] (d. 1859) *[[1794]] – [[William Carleton]], Irish author (d. 1869) *[[1802]] – [[Charles Auguste de Bériot]], Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1870) *[[1819]] – [[Alfred Escher]], Swiss businessman and politician (d. 1882) *[[1839]] – [[Benjamin Waugh]], English activist, founded the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children|NSPCC]] (d. 1908) *[[1844]] – [[Ludwig Boltzmann]], Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1906) * 1844 – [[Joshua Slocum]], Canadian sailor and adventurer (d. 1909) *[[1848]] – [[E. H. Harriman]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1909) *[[1857]] – [[A. P. Lucas]], English cricketer (d. 1923) *[[1866]] – [[Carl Westman]], Swedish architect, designed the [[Stockholm Court House]] and [[Röhsska Museum]] (d. 1936) *[[1867]] – [[Louise, Princess Royal]] of England (d. 1931) *[[1870]] – [[Jay Johnson Morrow]], American engineer and politician, 3rd [[Governor of the Panama Canal Zone]] (d. 1937) *[[1874]] – [[Mary Garden]], Scottish-American soprano and actress (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Garden {{!}} Opera Scotland |url=http://www.operascotland.org/person/4366/Mary++Garden |website=www.operascotland.org |access-date=30 April 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802031126/http://www.operascotland.org/person/4366/Mary++Garden |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Hod Stuart]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1907) *[[1880]] – [[Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen]], French author and poet (d. 1923) *[[1882]] – [[Elie Nadelman]], Polish-American sculptor (d. 1946) *[[1887]] – [[Vincent Massey]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Governor General of Canada]] (d. 1967) *[[1888]] – [[Georges Bernanos]], French soldier and author (d. 1948) *[[1889]] – [[Hulusi Behçet]], Turkish dermatologist and physician (d. 1948) *[[1893]] – [[Elizabeth Holloway Marston]], American psychologist and author (d. 1993) *[[1895]] – [[Louis Zborowski]], English race car driver and engineer (d. 1924) *[[1897]] – [[Ivan Albright]], American painter (d. 1983) *[[1898]] – [[Ante Ciliga]], Croatian politician, writer and publisher (d. 1992) *[[1899]] – [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1992)
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