Notable Birthdays - 1788
1788 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer |
Jan 8 |
Erik Drake, composer |
Jan 8 |
Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831) |
Jan 8 |
Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) |
Jan 11 |
William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866) |
Jan 13 |
Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer |
Jan 22 |
Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan) |
Jan 22 |
Lord Byron, Don Juan DeMarco |
Jan 31 |
Felice Romani, L'Elisir d'amore |
Feb 5 |
Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) |
Feb 5 |
Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM (1834-5; 41-46)/founder (British Conservative Party)/founder (Bobbies) |
Feb 5 |
Károly Kisfaludy, A pártütök |
Feb 10 |
Johann Peter Pixis, composer |
Feb 16 |
Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer |
Feb 22 |
Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist) |
Feb 25 |
Mateo Ferrer, composer |
Mar 1 |
Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician |
Mar 7 |
Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1878) |
Mar 10 |
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Das Marmorbild) |
Mar 10 |
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Wild at Heart |
Mar 12 |
Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor |
Apr 2 |
Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862) |
Apr 5 |
Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund) |
Apr 12 |
Johann Erik Nordblom, composer |
Apr 14 |
David G. Burnet, interim president of the Republic of Texas (d. 1870) |
Apr 17 |
Joseph Gilbert Totten, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1864 |
May 10 |
Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist |
May 10 |
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819) |
May 16 |
Friedrich Rückert, German Poet, Translator and Orientalist (d. 1866) |
May 16 |
Friedrich Rückert, The Remains of the Day |
May 18 |
Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer |
Jun 21 |
Princess Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1850) |
Jul 1 |
Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry |
Aug 2 |
Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) |
Aug 15 |
Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director |
Aug 20 |
Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer |
Aug 22 |
Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter |
Aug 25 |
Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist (Language of the Constitution) |
Aug 26 |
Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist |
Sep 6 |
F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari) |
Sep 10 |
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868) |
Sep 12 |
Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) |
Sep 21 |
Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady (1849-50) |
Sep 22 |
Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841) |
Oct 11 |
Simon Sechter, composer |
Oct 20 |
Philip Knapton, composer |
Oct 23 |
Sarah Hale, founder (Seaman's Aid Society of Boston) |
Oct 24 |
Sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb) |
Nov 11 |
Michal Wielhorski, composer |
Dec 18 |
Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer |
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