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===1601β1900=== *[[1610]] – [[Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier]], French general (died 1690) *[[1626]] – [[GΓ©raud de Cordemoy]], French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684) *[[1716]] – [[George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (died 1771) *[[1729]] – [[Sarah Crosby]], English preacher, the first female [[Methodism|Methodist]] preacher (died 1804) *[[1732]] – [[John Broadwood]], Scottish businessman, co-founded [[John Broadwood and Sons]] (died 1812) *[[1738]] – [[Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738β1789)|Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria]] (died 1789) *[[1742]] – [[Johan Herman Wessel]], Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (died 1785) *[[1744]] – [[James McGill]], Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded [[McGill University]] (died 1813) *[[1767]] – [[Henri Christophe]], Grenadian-Haitian king (died 1820) *[[1769]] – [[Isaac Brock]], English general and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada]] (died 1812) *[[1773]] – [[John MacCulloch]], Scottish geologist and academic (died 1835) * 1773 – [[Louis Philippe I]] of France (died 1850) *[[1801]] – [[Hippolyte Carnot]], French politician (died 1888) *[[1803]] – [[Heinrich Wilhelm Dove]], Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (died 1879) *[[1820]] – [[James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont]], Irish politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Armagh]] (died 1892) * 1820 – [[Jenny Lind]], Swedish soprano and actress (died 1887) *[[1831]] – [[Richard Dedekind]], German mathematician and philosopher (died 1916) *[[1838]] – [[Giuseppe Cesare Abba]], Italian soldier, poet, and author (died 1910) *[[1846]] – [[George Westinghouse]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[Westinghouse Air Brake Company]] (died 1914) *[[1862]] – [[Albert J. Beveridge]], American historian and politician (died 1927) *[[1866]] – [[Reginald Fessenden]], Canadian engineer and academic, invented [[radiotelephony]] (died 1932) *[[1874]] – [[Frank G. Allen]], American merchant and politician, 51st [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1950) *[[1876]] – [[Ernest Lapointe]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]] (died 1941) *[[1882]] – [[Karol Szymanowski]], Polish pianist and composer (died 1937) *[[1886]] – [[Edwin Fischer]], Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1960) *[[1887]] – [[Le Corbusier]], Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the [[Philips Pavilion]] and [[Saint-Pierre, Firminy]] (died 1965) *[[1888]] – [[Roland Garros (aviator)|Roland Garros]], French soldier and pilot (died 1918) *[[1891]] – [[Hendrik Adamson]], Estonian poet and educator (died 1946) *[[1893]] – [[Meghnad Saha]], Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1956) *[[1895]] – [[Caroline Gordon]], American author and critic (died 1981) *[[1896]] – [[David Howard (director)|David Howard]], American film director (died 1941) *[[1897]] – [[Florence B. Seibert]], American biochemist and academic (died 1991) *[[1900]] – [[Vivion Brewer]], American activist and desegregationist (died 1991) * 1900 – [[Willy Merkl]], German mountaineer (died 1934) * 1900 – [[Stan Nichols]], English cricketer (died 1961)
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