1535 Marcantonio II Colonna, Duke of Tagliacozzo and Duke and Prince of Paliano, was an Italian aristocrat who served as a Viceroy of Sicily in the service of the Spanish Crown, Spanish general, and Captain General of the Church. He is best remembered for his part as the admiral of the Papal fleet in the Battle of Lepanto.
1714 Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet (1 February 1714 â 1782) was a British naval commander. Parker was born at Tredington (which was then in Worcestershire). His father, a clergyman, was a son of Sir Henry Parker. His paternal grandfather had married a daughter of Alexander Hyde, Bishop of Salisbury. He began his career at sea in the merchant service.
1778 José Francisco de San MartÃn y Matorras, known simply as José de San MartÃn or El Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Peru, was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern and central parts of South America’s successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru.
1808 James Bowen (February 25, 1808 â September 29, 1886) was an American railroad executive, President of Erie Railroad, who served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.
1809 George Washington Cullum was an American soldier, engineer and writer. He worked as the supervising engineer on the building and repair of many fortifications across the country. Cullum served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily in the Western Theater and served as the 16th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. Following his retirement from the Army, he became a prominent figure in New York society, serving in many societies, and as vice president of the American Geographical Society. The society named the Cullum Geographical Medal after him.
1833 Brigadier-General Clement Anselm Evans (February 25, 1833 â July 2, 1911) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Afterwards, he edited a 12-volume work on Confederate military history, so named, in 1899.
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