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===1601–1900=== *[[1643]] – [[Ahmed II]], Ottoman sultan (d. 1695)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Naima |first=Mustafa |author-link=Mustafa Naima |title=Ahmad II |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition |volume=1 |year=1986 |page=268}}</ref> *[[1663]] – [[Peter Anthony Motteux]], French-English author, playwright and translator (d. 1718)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Hopkins |first=David |orig-year=23 September 2004 |date=25 May 2006 |title=Motteux, Peter Anthony [formerly Pierre-Antoine Le Motteux] |id=19423 }}</ref> *[[1670]] – [[Maria Margarethe Kirch]], German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1720)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maria-Kirch |title=Maria Kirch |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=28 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028202452/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maria-Kirch |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1682]] – [[Giovanni Battista Morgagni]], Italian anatomist and pathologist (d. 1771)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Battista-Morgagni |title=Giovanni Battista Morgagni |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063115/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Battista-Morgagni |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1707]] – [[Carlo Goldoni]], Italian playwright and composer (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlo-Goldoni |title=Carlo Goldoni |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617205134/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlo-Goldoni |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1714]] – [[René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou]], French lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor of France]] (d. 1792)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin-de-Maupeou |title=René-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin de Maupeou |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608082529/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin-de-Maupeou |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1728]] – [[John Wood, the Younger]], English architect, designed the [[Royal Crescent]] (d. 1782)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wood-the-Younger |title=John Wood the Younger |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731065500/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wood-the-Younger |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1752]] – [[John Graves Simcoe]], English-Canadian general and politician, 1st [[Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada]] (d. 1806)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Graves-Simcoe |title=John Graves Simcoe |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731081659/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Graves-Simcoe |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1755]] – [[François René Mallarmé]], French lawyer and politician (d. 1835)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-Rene-Auguste-Mallarme |title=François-René-Auguste Mallarmé |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727194219/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-Rene-Auguste-Mallarme |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1778]] – [[José de San Martín]], Argentinian general and politician, 1st [[President of Peru]] (d. 1850)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-de-San-Martin |title=José de San Martín |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222043007/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-de-San-Martin |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1806]] – [[Emma Catherine Embury]], American author and poet (d. 1863)<ref>{{cite book |last=Spooner |first=Walter Whipple |title=Historic Families of America: Comprehending the Genealogical Records and Representative Biography of Selected Families of Early American Ancestry, Recognized Social Standing, and Special Distinction |volume=2 |year=1907 |publisher=Historic Families Publishing Association |location=Madison, Wisconsin |page=158 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1Pw_lHJMRgC |access-date=2018-09-15 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801130928/https://books.google.com/books?id=F1Pw_lHJMRgC |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1809]] – [[John Hart (South Australian colonist)|John Hart]], English-Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1873)<ref>{{cite book |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hart-john-3729/text5861 |last=O'Neill |first=Sally |title=Hart, John (1809–1873) |chapter=John Hart (1809–1873) |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617084911/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hart-john-3729/text5861 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1812]] – [[Carl Christian Hall]], Danish lawyer and politician, 6th [[List of Prime Ministers of Denmark|Prime Minister of Denmark]] (d. 1888)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Christian-Hall |title=Carl Christian Hall |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731064605/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Christian-Hall |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1816]] – [[Giovanni Morelli]], Italian historian and critic (d. 1891)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Morelli |title=Giovanni Morelli |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731054028/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Morelli |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1833]] – [[John St. John (Governor of Kansas)|John St. John]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[Governor of Kansas]] (d. 1916)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Pierce-Saint-John |title=John Saint John |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731050736/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Pierce-Saint-John |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1841]] – [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], French painter and sculptor (d. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Auguste-Renoir |title=Pierre-Auguste Renoir |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=27 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527124424/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Auguste-Renoir |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1842]] – [[Karl May]], German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-May |title=Karl May |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063202/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-May |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1845]] – [[George Reid]], Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Houston-Reid |title=Sir George Houston Reid |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063353/https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Houston-Reid |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Cesário Verde]], Portuguese poet and author (d. 1886)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cesario-Verde |title=Cesário Verde |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606201152/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cesario-Verde |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Karl Gotthard Lamprecht]], German historian and academic (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Gotthard-Lamprecht |title=Karl Gotthard Lamprecht |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731052402/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Gotthard-Lamprecht |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1856 – [[Mathias Zdarsky]], Czech-Austrian skier, painter, and sculptor (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthias-Zdarsky |title=Mathias Zdarsky |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606201150/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthias-Zdarsky |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1857]] – [[Robert Bond]], Canadian politician; first [[Prime Minister of Newfoundland]] (d. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Bond |title=Sir Robert Bond |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606201154/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Bond |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[William Ashley (economic historian)|William Ashley]], English historian and academic (d. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/640305/sir-william-ashley-phd-a-george-v-black-leather-cloth-despatch-box/ |title=Sir William Ashley Ph.D. A |publisher=Sellingantiques Ltd |location=Gatwick |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606201149/https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/640305/sir-william-ashley-phd-a-george-v-black-leather-cloth-despatch-box/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Andranik]], Armenian general (d. 1927)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7kpDwAAQBAJ&q=andranik+25+february&pg=PA1897 |title=Andranik. Armenian Hero |date=10 February 2018 |publisher=Aegitas |location=Moscow |isbn=9785040624676 |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226152455/https://books.google.com/books?id=C7kpDwAAQBAJ&q=andranik+25+february&pg=PA1897 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[Benedetto Croce]], Italian philosopher and politician (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benedetto-Croce |title=Benedetto Croce |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=27 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427175510/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benedetto-Croce |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1869]] – [[Phoebus Levene]], Russian-American biochemist and physician (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phoebus-Levene |title=Phoebus Levene |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731082145/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phoebus-Levene |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1871]] – [[Lesya Ukrainka]], Ukrainian poet and playwright (d.1913)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/oop/d_qfullhit.htw?CiBold=true&CiHiliteColor=blue&CiWebHitsFile=%2Fpages%2Fu%2Fk%2Fukrainkalesia%2Ehtm&CiRestriction=%40contents+%22lesya+ukrainka%22&CiUserParam3=%2Fquery%2Easp&CiUserParam2=%22lesya+ukrainka%22&CiUserParam1=Ukrainka%2C+Lesia&CiLocale=NEUTRAL&CiHiliteType=Full|title= Ukrainka, Lesia – Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine }}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Enrico Caruso]], Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. (d. 1921)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enrico-Caruso |title=Enrico Caruso |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619133644/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enrico-Caruso |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1877]] – [[Erich von Hornbostel]], Austrian musicologist and scholar (d. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erich-Moritz-von-Hornbostel |title=Erich Moritz von Hornbostel |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724170116/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erich-Moritz-von-Hornbostel |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[William Z. Foster]], American union leader and politician (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Z-Foster |title=William Z. Foster |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729140435/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Z-Foster |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1881 – [[Alexei Rykov]], Russian politician, [[List of heads of government of Russia|Premier of Russia]] (d. 1938)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aleksey-Ivanovich-Rykov |title=Aleksey Ivanovich Rykov |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=28 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528000806/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aleksey-Ivanovich-Rykov |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]] (d. 1981)<ref name="Bio-NT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/04/obituaries/princess-alice-at-london-home-a-grandchild-of-queen-victoria.html |title=Princess Alice, at London Home; A Grandchild of Queen Victoria |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 January 1981 |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=12 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812195937/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/04/obituaries/princess-alice-at-london-home-a-grandchild-of-queen-victoria.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Princess Alice of Battenberg]], mother of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] (d. 1969)<ref>{{cite book |last=Vickers |first=Hugo |author-link=Hugo Vickers |title=Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece |year=2000 |publisher=Hamish Hamilton |location=London |page=2 |isbn=978-02-41136-86-7}}</ref> *[[1888]] – [[John Foster Dulles]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1959)<ref>{{cite book |last=Immerman |first=Richard H. |title=John Foster Dulles and the Diplomacy of the Cold War |year=1992 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey |page=4 |isbn=978-06-91006-22-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bmHZN_JPxIC&pg=PA4 |access-date=2019-12-23 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801132424/https://books.google.com/books?id=8bmHZN_JPxIC&pg=PA4 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Myra Hess]], English pianist and educator (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite book |last=Norris |first=Gerald |title=A Musical Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland |year=1981 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot, Devon |page=103 |isbn=978-07-15378-45-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2019-12-23 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801124834/https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Meher Baba]], Indian spiritual master (d. 1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meher-Baba |title=Meher Baba |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=14 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714122148/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meher-Baba |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Ida Noddack]], German chemist and physicist (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marshall |first1=James L. |title=Ida Noddack: Foreteller of Nuclear Fission |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=105–149 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch005|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[William Astbury]], physicist and molecular biologist (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/people/summary/Astbury |title=Professor William Astbury |publisher=What is biotechnology? |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731050636/https://www.whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/people/summary/Astbury |url-status=live }}</ref>
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