75 events with tag "birth"
628 BC
ID: 4648
Birth of Zoroaster (traditional date) - prophet of Zoroastrianism born in Balkh region
ID: 4648
551 BC
ID: 4699
Birth of Confucius in Qufu - will become China's most influential philosopher
ID: 4699
356 BC
ID: 283
Alexander the Great born - same day Temple of Artemis at Ephesus burns, omens of world conquest
ID: 283
100
ID: 4823
Justin Martyr born in Flavia Neapolis - future philosopher and apologist, defender of Old Testament as Christian scripture
ID: 4823
130
ID: 4988
Birth of St. Irenaeus in Smyrna - future Doctor of the Church and defender against Gnosticism
ID: 4988
185
ID: 4120
Origen born in Alexandria - will become greatest biblical scholar of early Church, later writes Hexapla and Against Celsus
ID: 4120
296
ID: 4906
Birth of St. Athanasius in Alexandria - future Doctor of the Church and defender of divinity of Christ
ID: 4906
300
ID: 4942
Birth of St. Hilary of Poitiers in Gaul - future Doctor of the Church and 'Athanasius of the West'
ID: 4942
306
ID: 4925
Birth of St. Ephrem the Syrian in Nisibis - future Doctor of the Church and 'Harp of the Holy Spirit'
ID: 4925
313
ID: 4916
Birth of St. Cyril of Jerusalem - future Doctor of the Church and author of Catechetical Lectures
ID: 4916
329
ID: 4903
Birth of St. Gregory of Nazianzus in Cappadocia - future Doctor of the Church and 'The Theologian'
ID: 4903
330
ID: 4900
Birth of St. Basil the Great in Caesarea Mazaca, Cappadocia - future Doctor of the Church
ID: 4900
376
ID: 4912
Birth of St. Cyril of Alexandria in Egypt - future Doctor of the Church and defender of Mary as Theotokos
ID: 4912
380
ID: 4928
Birth of St. Peter Chrysologus in Imola - future Doctor of the Church and 'Golden-Worded' preacher
ID: 4928
400
ID: 4931
Birth of St. Leo the Great in Rome - future Pope and Doctor of the Church
ID: 4931
422
ID: 5245
Birth of St. Genevieve at Nanterre - born to Frankish father Severus and Greek mother Gerontia
ID: 5245
466
ID: 2814
Birth of Clovis - son of Childeric and Basina, future unifier of Frankish tribes and conqueror of Gaul
ID: 2814
540
ID: 4897
Birth of St. Gregory the Great in Rome - future Pope and Doctor of the Church
ID: 4897
672
ID: 4922
Birth of St. Bede the Venerable at Jarrow, England - future Doctor of the Church and Father of English History
ID: 4922
676
ID: 4919
Birth of St. John Damascene in Damascus - future Doctor of the Church and defender of holy images
ID: 4919
720
ID: 4161
St. Giles born in Athens - becomes hermit in France, fed by doe's milk, wounded by arrow meant for doe
ID: 4161
778
ID: 2896
Birth of Louis the Pious - twin son (brother dies), Charlemagne's third son but will be sole surviving legitimate heir
ID: 2896
951
ID: 4985
Birth of St. Gregory of Narek in Armenia - future Doctor of the Church and mystical poet
ID: 4985
1007
ID: 4935
Birth of St. Peter Damian in Ravenna - future Doctor of the Church and reformer
ID: 4935
1090
ID: 4938
Birth of St. Bernard of Clairvaux in Burgundy - future Doctor of the Church and 'Mellifluous Doctor'
ID: 4938
1098
ID: 4981
Birth of St. Hildegard of Bingen in Germany - future Doctor of the Church, visionary, and polymath
ID: 4981
1133
ID: 2371
March 5, 1133
Birth of Henry II at Le Mans - future first Plantagenet king combines Norman, Angevin, and (through Eleanor) Aquitanian lands
ID: 2371
1133
ID: 2604
March 5, 1133
Birth of future Henry II - Matilda's son will eventually unite England and create Angevin Empire
ID: 2604
1165
ID: 5199
August 21, 1165
Birth of Philip Augustus - 'God-given' heir born after Louis VII's three marriages, future great king
ID: 5199
1195
ID: 4968
August 15, 1195
Birth of St. Anthony of Padua in Lisbon - future Doctor of the Church and 'Evangelical Doctor'
ID: 4968
1221
ID: 4964
Birth of St. Bonaventure at Bagnoregio - future Doctor of the Church and 'Seraphic Doctor'
ID: 4964
1225
ID: 6
Birth of Thomas Aquinas at Roccasecca - future Angelic Doctor born to nobility
ID: 6
1285
ID: 19
William of Ockham born - future proponent of nominalism
ID: 19
1327
ID: 3574
St. Roch born with red cross birthmark on chest - heaven marking its plague healer
ID: 3574
1347
ID: 21
March 25, 1347
St. Catherine of Siena born as Black Death strikes - 23rd of 25 children
ID: 21
1381
ID: 3589
St. Rita of Cascia born - parents childless for 12 years, conceived after pilgrimage
ID: 3589
1412
ID: 25
St. Joan of Arc born in Domremy
ID: 25
1421
ID: 2480
December 6, 1421
Birth of Henry VI - born at Windsor while father conquering France, will lose all his father won
ID: 2480
1454
ID: 2490
October 13, 1454
Birth of Edward of Westminster - Henry VI's only son born during his madness, paternity questioned
ID: 2490
1493
ID: 5469
November 10, 1493
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus) born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, son of physician Wilhelm Bombast von Hohenheim
ID: 5469
1500
ID: 4978
January 6, 1500
Birth of St. John of Ávila in Spain - future Doctor of the Church and 'Apostle of Andalusia'
ID: 4978
1515
ID: 4945
March 28, 1515
Birth of St. Teresa of Ávila in Spain - future Doctor of the Church and reformer of Carmelites
ID: 4945
1521
ID: 4975
May 8, 1521
Birth of St. Peter Canisius in Nijmegen - future Doctor of the Church and 'Second Apostle of Germany'
ID: 4975
1536
ID: 3540
St. John of God born - future founder of Brothers Hospitallers - Will show charity transcends Protestant faith-alone theology
ID: 3540
1542
ID: 4971
June 24, 1542
Birth of St. John of the Cross at Fontiveros - future Doctor of the Church and mystical poet
ID: 4971
1542
ID: 4956
October 4, 1542
Birth of St. Robert Bellarmine in Tuscany - future Doctor of the Church and defender of the faith
ID: 4956
1559
ID: 5000
Birth of St. Lawrence of Brindisi in Italy - future Doctor of the Church and Capuchin reformer
ID: 5000
1567
ID: 4949
January 24, 1567
Birth of St. Francis de Sales in Savoy - future Doctor of the Church and gentle evangelist
ID: 4949
1632
ID: 3479
Spinoza born (1632-1677) - Future philosopher of God-Nature equation
ID: 3479
1647
ID: 3488
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque born - future apostle of Sacred Heart - Heaven preparing response to coming cold rationalism
ID: 3488
1670
ID: 3424
Birth of Radical Pietist Eva von Buttlar - Later claims to be incarnation of Christ - Leads commune with 'spiritual marriages' - Represents extreme antinomian potential within Pietism
ID: 3424
1696
ID: 4953
September 27, 1696
Birth of St. Alphonsus Liguori near Naples - future Doctor of the Church and moral theologian
ID: 4953
1712
ID: 476
June 28, 1712
Jean-Jacques Rousseau born in Geneva; mother dies in childbirth, father abandons him at age 10
ID: 476
1774
ID: 5780
John Chapman born in Leominster, Massachusetts - future 'Johnny Appleseed' begins life during Revolutionary War
ID: 5780
1805
ID: 684
June 22, 1805
Giuseppe Mazzini born in Genoa - will later join Carbonari before founding Young Italy
ID: 684
1807
ID: 688
July 4, 1807
Giuseppe Garibaldi born in Nice - will become prominent Freemason and Italian revolutionary
ID: 688
1817
ID: 723
St. John Bosco born - mother dreams: 'You will be shepherd of many children'
ID: 723
1818
ID: 724
May 5, 1818
Karl Marx born in Trier, Germany (90% Roman Catholic city)
ID: 724
1820
ID: 738
St. Catherine Laboure born - future visionary of Miraculous Medal
ID: 738
1820
ID: 731
November 1820
Friedrich Engels born in Barmen, Germany - deeply pious town, conservative manufacturer father
ID: 731
1824
ID: 758
St. Bernadette Soubirous born in poverty - heaven preparing Lourdes visionary
ID: 758
1853
ID: 895
England makes vaccination compulsory within 3 months of birth
ID: 895
1858
ID: 4584
April 23, 1858
Max Planck born in Kiel, Holstein - sixth child of law professor, shown early talent in music and physics
ID: 4584
1873
ID: 995
St. Therese of Lisieux born - will teach Little Way to counter modern complexity
ID: 995
1873
ID: 4959
January 2, 1873
Birth of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in France - future Doctor of the Church and 'Little Flower'
ID: 4959
1876
ID: 1004
St. Gemma Galgani born - future stigmatist
ID: 1004
1889
ID: 1085
Samuel Bronfman born in Bessarabia
ID: 1085
1892
ID: 1107
July 1892
Walter Benjamin born in Berlin, educated at University of Berlin and Freiburg
ID: 1107
1894
ID: 1117
St. Maximilian Kolbe born - future martyr of charity
ID: 1117
1894
ID: 1118
Blessed Miguel Pro born - future Mexican martyr
ID: 1118
1904
ID: 1155
Bella Dodd born to Italian-immigrant parents in New York
ID: 1155
1909
ID: 1182
Saul Alinsky born
ID: 1182
1912
ID: 1210
Harry Hay born to Catholic family, attended St. Gregory Catholic Church
ID: 1210
1946
ID: 1574
Bruce Edwards Ivins born
ID: 1574
1948
ID: 1608
Stephen Schwartz born to Jewish father and Protestant minister's daughter, both anti-religious
ID: 1608