Notable Birthdays - 1808
1808 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 6 |
Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864) |
Jan 7 |
Jacob Ammen, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 |
Jan 11 |
Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist |
Jan 12 |
Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer |
Jan 13 |
Salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73) |
Jan 19 |
Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) |
Jan 27 |
David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life) |
Feb 4 |
Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856) |
Feb 5 |
Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885) |
Feb 6 |
Josef Kajetán Tyl, The Strakonice Bagpiper |
Feb 9 |
Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer |
Feb 20 |
Daumier, Marseilles France, artist |
Feb 25 |
James Bowen, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 |
Feb 26 |
Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879) |
Feb 26 |
Nathan Kelley, American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d.1871) |
Feb 26 |
Honoré Daumier, De vlieg |
Mar 12 |
Gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet |
Mar 14 |
Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) |
Mar 15 |
Gaetano Gaspari, composer |
Mar 23 |
Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook) |
Mar 24 |
Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836) |
Mar 24 |
Maria Malibran, Cecilia Bartoli: The Barcelona Concert |
Mar 25 |
Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet (Cortes) |
Apr 10 |
Auguste Franchomme, composer |
Apr 13 |
Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (d. 1896) |
Apr 16 |
Caleb Blood Smith, Secy Int (Union), died in 1864 |
Apr 20 |
Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71) |
Apr 26 |
Martha Finley, children's book author |
Apr 29 |
Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer [or 1883] |
May 15 |
Gottfried Herrmann, composer |
May 15 |
Michael William Balfe, composer |
May 15 |
Michael William Balfe, Chaplin |
May 17 |
Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer |
May 19 |
Samuel Jameson Gholson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 |
May 22 |
G de Nerval, writer |
May 22 |
Gérard de Nerval, Carnival of Sinners |
May 30 |
Joaquim Casimiro Jr, composer |
Jun 3 |
Jefferson F Davis, Fairview Kentucky, President of Confederate States of America (1861-5) |
Jun 10 |
Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer (Kaiser compass-card) |
Jun 11 |
Charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882 |
Jun 17 |
Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845) |
Jun 19 |
Francesco Dall'Ongaro, Il fornaretto di Venezia |
Jun 20 |
Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888) |
Jun 24 |
Anna Caroline Oury, composer |
Jun 27 |
Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide) |
Jun 28 |
Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican |
Jul 9 |
Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (d. 1887) |
Jul 15 |
Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851) |
Jul 15 |
Henry Edward Manning, cardinal/archbishop (Westminster) |
Jul 21 |
Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and politician (d. 1864) |
Jul 28 |
Charles Lucas, composer |
Jul 31 |
Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer |
Jul 31 |
F. Crouch, When Brendan Met Trudy |
Aug 1 |
Henry Darwin Rogers, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, American Geologist (theory of mountain building, first geological mapping of Pennsylvania) |
Aug 3 |
Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) |
Aug 9 |
William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
Aug 10 |
Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer |
Aug 19 |
James Nasmyth, Edinburgh, Scottish Engineer and Inventor of the steam hammer |
Aug 24 |
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) |
Aug 24 |
Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 |
Aug 29 |
Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer |
Aug 30 |
Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892) |
Sep 6 |
Abd al-Qadir, Algerian political and military leader (d. 1883) |
Sep 15 |
Louis Clapisson, composer |
Sep 30 |
Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch vicar (Folies-old Calvinist communities) |
Oct 1 |
Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer |
Oct 5 |
Thomas Algeo Rowley, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 |
Oct 5 |
Winand C H Staring, geologist (Geology of Netherlands) |
Oct 6 |
Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) |
Oct 12 |
John Liptrot Hatton, composer |
Oct 13 |
Henry Haywood Bell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1868 |
Oct 20 |
Karl [Theodor] Andree, German geographer/journalist (Globus) |
Oct 21 |
Samuel Francis Smith, Bandslam |
Oct 24 |
Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer |
Oct 24 |
Carl Bernhard von Cotta, Meiningen, Germany, German geologist |
Nov 1 |
John Taylor, American religious leader (d. 1887) |
Nov 2 |
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889) |
Nov 2 |
Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, The Last Mistress |
Nov 17 |
Alberich Zwyssig, composer |
Nov 18 |
Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer |
Nov 22 |
Thomas Cook, founder (Cook travel bureau) |
Nov 27 |
Hugh Weedon Mercer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 |
Dec 4 |
Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius) |
Dec 6 |
Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future) |
Dec 6 |
Johann Christian Gebauer, composer |
Dec 7 |
Hugh McCulloch, US Secy of Treasury |
Dec 20 |
Thomas Tinsley Craven, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1887 |
Dec 22 |
Thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son) |
Dec 23 |
Thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883 |
Dec 25 |
Stephen Cleeg Rowan, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890 |
Dec 26 |
Albert Grisar, composer |
Dec 29 |
Andrew Johnson, Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th pres (1865-69) |
Dec 29 |
Gyorgy Apponyi, Hungarian Parliament member |
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