| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) |
Jan 5 |
Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) |
Jan 5 |
Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) |
Jan 8 |
John White, composer |
Jan 15 |
Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer |
Jan 18 |
Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) |
Jan 22 |
Stefano Pavesi, composer |
Jan 24 |
Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826) |
Feb 20 |
Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington |
Feb 21 |
Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer |
Feb 22 |
Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer |
Feb 27 |
Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842) |
Mar 1 |
Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer |
Mar 2 |
Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851) |
Mar 6 |
Philipp Roth, composer |
Mar 13 |
Oliver Shaw, composer |
Mar 15 |
William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) |
Mar 15 |
Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848) |
Mar 21 |
Alexis Garaude, composer |
Mar 28 |
Angelo Maria Benincori, composer |
Apr 11 |
Louise Reichardt, composer |
Apr 21 |
William Knyvett, composer |
May 2 |
John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) |
May 25 |
Henry M Baron de Kock, Dutch officer/politician |
May 28 |
Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852) |
May 28 |
Thomas Moore, Gettysburg |
Jul 10 |
Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer |
Jul 15 |
Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas) |
Jul 15 |
Clement Moore, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas |
Jul 20 |
Ignaz Schuster, composer |
Jul 21 |
Gottlob Wiedebein, composer |
Aug 1 |
Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, poet and composer pf the lyrics to the "Star-Spangled Banner" |
Aug 1 |
Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) |
Aug 1 |
Francis Scott Key, The Dark Knight Rises |
Aug 7 |
Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography |
Aug 7 |
Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842) |
Aug 17 |
Franz de Paula Roser, composer |
Aug 20 |
Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848) |
Aug 22 |
James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860) |
Aug 30 |
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, Estonia, Russian Explorer who discovered the continent of Antarctica |
Sep 8 |
Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer |
Sep 8 |
Mustafa IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08) |
Sep 10 |
Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer |
Sep 18 |
Joseph Story, Mass, 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45) |
Oct 10 |
Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP |
Nov 4 |
John W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo) |
Nov 5 |
Washington Allston, US painter/author |
Nov 6 |
Michal Bogdanowicz, composer |
Nov 14 |
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850) |
Nov 14 |
Adam Oehlenschläger, Aladdin eller den forunderlige lampe |
Nov 27 |
Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (d. 1865) |
Dec 1 |
Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer |
Dec 12 |
Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint (d. 1865) |
Dec 14 |
Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer |
Dec 18 |
Joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist ("greatest clown in history") |
Dec 19 |
Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver |
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