1968 Event Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler 1963 Birthday Kirk Baptiste, born in Beaumont, Texas, 200m runner 1984 Olympics silver 1960 Birthday Eldine Baptiste, cricketer, WI all-rounder early 80's 1931 Birthday Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist, Sea Of Love 1837 Birthday Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1832 Death Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, dies at 63 1830 Death Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, mathematician, dies 1818 Death Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies 1810 Death Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor, dies at 78 1773 Event Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago 1769 Birthday Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, Political Economics 1765 Birthday Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer 1746 Birthday Jean Baptiste Rochefort, composer 1732 Birthday Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor, Mariensaule 1686 Event Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris 1673 Death Moliare, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French author (Learned Lady), dies 1580 Birthday Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, found boiling pt temp
