John Ford, English poet and playwright (d. 1639) 1598 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (d. 1671) 1601–1900 1620 – Marguerite Bourgeoys, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (d. 1700) 1635 – Edward Stillingfleet, British theologian and scholar (d. 1699) 1676 – Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) 1683 – Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (d. 1729) 1710 – Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (d. 1767) 1734 – Taksin, King of Thailand (d. 1782) 1741 – Samuel Chase, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1811) 1750 – François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1828) 1756 – Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander (d. 1805) 1766 – Collin McKinney, American surveyor, merchant, and politician (d. 1861) 1794 – Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (d. 1868) 1798 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (d. 1840) 1799 – Eliza Acton, English food writer and poet (d. 1859) 1814 – Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist and academic (d. 1888) 1816 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect and philanthropist (d. 1876) 1820 – Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter and inventor of baseball (d. 1892) 1833 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1900) 1837 – J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (d. 1913) 1842 – Maurice Rouvier, French businessman and politician, 53rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1911) 1849 – William R. Day, American jurist and politician, 36th United States Secretary of State (d. 1923) 1852 – Cap Anson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1922) 1863 – Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940) 1865 – Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (d. 1939) 1866 – Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (d. 1927) 1875 – Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1941) 1877 – Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat (d. 1949) 1878 – Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (d. 1961) 1878 – Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player (d. 1942) 1879 – Henri Tauzin, French hurdler (d. 1918) 1882 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1951) 1888 – Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (d. 1954) 1891 – George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (d. 1965) 1895 – Robert Dean Frisbie, American soldier