1751 Bartolomeo Campagnoli – Italian violinist and composer (d.1827); virtuoso who toured Europe propagating the popular 18th Century Italian violin style.
1714 Niccolò Jommelli – Italian composer (d.1774); helped make important changes to opera and reduced the importance of star singers.
1838 premiere of Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz, his first opera, based on the life of the Florentine sculptor; rarely performed, but its overture is a concert favorite, along with the Roman Carnival Overture composed from material in the opera.
1954 Francesco La Vecchia – Italian conductor (70 years old); since 2002 Music Director of the Rome Symphony Orchestra.