François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres (1522 â 22 December 1560), was a successful soldier and glamorous courtier who figures in accounts of the brilliant but decadent French court of the 1550s. In the 1540’s and early 1550s he fought in the Italian Wars, including the Battle of Ceresole in 1544 and Siege of Metz in 1552-53, and became regarded as a good commander.
Henryk DembiÅski (16 January 1791 â 13 July 1864) was a Polish engineer, traveler and general. The General’s triumphant entry into Praga (district of Warsaw).
Charles Henry Davis (January 16, 1807 â February 18, 1877) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Working for the Coast Survey, Davis researched tides and currents, and located an uncharted shoal that had caused wrecks off the New York coast. In the Civil War, he commanded the Western Gunboat Flotilla, winning an important engagement in the Battle of Memphis, before capturing enemy supplies on a successful expedition up the Yazoo river
Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 â January 9, 1872) was a United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory: “Old Brains”. He was an important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful lawyer and land developer.
George Edward Pickett (January 16, 1825 â July 30, 1875) was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for being one of the commanders at Pickett’s Charge, the futile and bloody Confederate offensive on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name.
Captain David McCampbell (January 16, 1910 â June 30, 1996) was a United States Navy captain, naval aviator, and a Medal of Honor recipient. He retired from the navy in 1964 with 31 years of service. McCampbell is the United States Navy’s all-time leading flying ace and top F6F Hellcat ace with 34 aerial victories.
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