| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 6 |
Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer |
Jan 14 |
Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer/lawyer |
Jan 14 |
Johan R Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands (Lib-1849..72) |
Jan 15 |
Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends) |
Jan 19 |
Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) |
Jan 20 |
Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) |
Jan 24 |
Karl von Holtei, Silezian actor/playwright (Die Vagabunden) |
Jan 24 |
Karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician) |
Jan 24 |
Karl von Holtei, Die verhängnisvolle Faschingsnacht |
Jan 29 |
Henry Neele, London, poet |
Jan 31 |
Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer |
Jan 31 |
Hans Ernst Krøyer, Kristeligt Folkepartis landsmøde |
Feb 22 |
Charles Mynn Thruston, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1873 |
Mar 4 |
John Joseph Abercrombie, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1877 |
Mar 13 |
Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady (1850-53) |
Apr 2 |
H v Fallersleben, writer |
Apr 2 |
August Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben, A Fish Called Wanda |
Apr 3 |
Charles D Wilkes, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1877 |
Apr 8 |
Dionysios Solomos, poet |
Apr 9 |
Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano |
Apr 11 |
Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854) |
Apr 17 |
Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (d. 1840) |
Apr 19 |
Franz Joseph Glaser, composer |
Apr 19 |
Heinrich Maria von Hess, historical painter |
Apr 26 |
Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal) |
Apr 26 |
James Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867) |
May 14 |
Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian |
May 18 |
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870 |
May 28 |
Josef Dessauer, composer |
Jun 5 |
Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer |
Jun 12 |
Samuel Cooper, Sect of War/General (Confederate Army), died in 1876 |
Jun 21 |
Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873) |
Jun 29 |
Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837) |
Jun 29 |
Giacomo Leopardi, Dialogo di un venditore di almanacchi e di un passeggiere |
Jun 29 |
Willibald Alexis, Die Hosen des Ritters Bredow |
Jul 13 |
Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Tsarina of Russia (d. 1860) |
Jul 15 |
Charles H Bell, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1875 |
Jul 24 |
John Adams Dix, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879 |
Aug 21 |
Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour) |
Aug 25 |
Henrik Hertz, Tchaikovsky: Iolanta/Bartók: Blubeard's Castle |
Aug 28 |
Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1863 |
Sep 1 |
Richard Delafield, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1873 |
Sep 2 |
Thomas Holliday Hicks, (Union Gov) died in 1865 |
Sep 11 |
Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/mathematician/physicist |
Sep 17 |
Antonia M B Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat |
Sep 25 |
Henri Scheffer, painter |
Sep 25 |
JBAL Leonce Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist |
Oct 7 |
Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas) |
Oct 12 |
A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil (1822-31)/king of Portugal |
Oct 12 |
Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49) |
Oct 28 |
Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer |
Nov 1 |
Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer/Dublin mayor |
Nov 3 |
Mason James Murray, (Confederacy), died in 1871 |
Nov 5 |
Carolina F L duchess of Berry, daughter of crown prince of Naples |
Nov 29 |
Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877) |
Dec 4 |
Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (d. 1881) |
Dec 24 |
Adam B Mickiewicz, Poland, national poet (Pan Tadeusz) |
Dec 24 |
Adam Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania |
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