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===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy]], French writer and composer (d. 1677) *[[1620]] – [[Pierre Paul Puget]], French painter and sculptor (d. 1694) *[[1678]] – [[Anna Waser]], Swiss painter (d. 1714) *[[1679]] – [[Jan Dismas Zelenka]], Czech [[viol]] player and composer (d. 1745) *[[1710]] – [[András Hadik]], Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1790) *[[1714]] – [[Giovanni Arduino (geologist)|Giovanni Arduino]], Italian geologist and academic (d. 1795) *[[1726]] – [[Daniel Chodowiecki]], Polish-German painter and educator (d. 1801) *[[1729]] – [[Pierre van Maldere]], Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1768) *[[1752]] – [[Johann Gottfried Eichhorn]], German theologian and academic (d. 1827) *[[1754]] – [[Morgan Lewis (governor)|Morgan Lewis]], American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd [[Governor of New York]] (d. 1844) *[[1758]] – [[Noah Webster]], American lexicographer (d. 1843) *[[1762]] – [[Paul Hamilton (politician)|Paul Hamilton]], American soldier and politician, 3rd [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (d. 1816) *[[1789]] – [[William Burton (governor)|William Burton]], American physician and politician, 39th [[Governor of Delaware]] (d. 1866) *[[1795]] – [[William Buell Sprague]], American minister, historian, and author (d. 1876) *[[1802]] – [[Isaac Murphy]], American educator and politician, 8th [[Governor of Arkansas]] (d. 1882) *[[1803]] – [[Robert Stephenson]], English railway and civil engineer (d. 1859) *[[1804]] – [[Benjamin Russell (artist)|Benjamin Russell]], American painter and educator (d. 1885) *[[1806]] – [[William P. Fessenden]], American lawyer and politician, 26th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1869) *[[1815]] – [[Francis Lubbock]], American colonel and politician, 9th [[Governor of Texas]] (d. 1905) *[[1818]] – [[William Forster (Australian politician)|William Forster]], Indian-Australian politician, 4th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1882) *[[1819]] – [[Austin F. Pike]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1886) *[[1827]] – [[Arnold Böcklin]], Swiss painter (d. 1901)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/more-on-this-day/October-16 | title=More on this Day - October, 16 | Britannica }}</ref> *[[1831]] – [[Lucy Stanton (abolitionist)|Lucy Stanton]], American activist (d. 1910)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Jessie Carney|last1=Smith|first2=Shirelle|last2=Phelp|title=Notable Black American Women Book 2|location=New York|publisher=Gale Research|year=1996|page=589|isbn=978-0-81034-749-6}}</ref> *[[1832]] – [[Vicente Riva Palacio]], Mexican liberal intellectual, novelist (d. 1896) *[[1840]] – [[Kuroda Kiyotaka]], Japanese general and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1900) *[[1841]] – [[Itō Hirobumi]], Japanese lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1909) *[[1847]] – [[Maria Pia of Savoy]] (d. 1911) *[[1852]] – [[Carl von In der Maur]], Governor of Liechtenstein (d. 1913) *[[1854]] – [[Karl Kautsky]], Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1938) * 1854 – [[Oscar Wilde]], Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (d. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscar Wilde |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/oscar-wilde |website=www.bl.uk |access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Samad bey Mehmandarov]], Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd [[Ministry of Defense (Azerbaijan)|Azerbaijani Minister of Defense]] (d. 1931) *[[1861]] – [[J. B. Bury]], Irish historian and scholar (d. 1927) * 1861 – [[Richard Sears (tennis)|Richard Sears]], American tennis player (d. 1943) *[[1863]] – [[Austen Chamberlain]], English businessman and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1937) *[[1867]] – [[Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa]] (d. 1963) *[[1869]] – [[Claude H. Van Tyne]], American historian and author (d. 1930) *[[1872]] – [[Walter Buckmaster]], English polo player and businessman, co-founded [[Buckmaster & Moore]] (d. 1942) *[[1876]] – [[Jimmy Sinclair]], South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1913) *[[1881]] – [[William R. Orthwein|William Orthwein]], American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1955) *[[1884]] – [[Rembrandt Bugatti]], Italian sculptor (d. 1916) *[[1886]] – [[David Ben-Gurion]], Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (d. 1973) *[[1888]] – [[Eugene O'Neill]], American playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1953) * 1888 – [[Paul Popenoe]], American founder of [[relationship counseling]] (d. 1979) *[[1890]] – [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], Irish general and politician, 2nd [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Irish Minister for Finance]] (d. 1922) * 1890 – [[Maria Goretti]], Italian martyr and saint (d. 1902) * 1890 – [[Paul Strand]], American photographer and director (d. 1975) *[[1897]] – [[Louis de Cazenave]], French soldier (d. 2008) *[[1898]] – [[William O. Douglas]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 1980) *[[1900]] – [[Edward Ardizzone]], Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (d. 1979) * 1900 – [[Primo Conti]], Italian painter and poet (d. 1988) * 1900 – [[Goose Goslin]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1971)
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