Notable Birthdays - 1812
1812 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 6 |
Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (d. 1919) |
Jan 8 |
Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer |
Jan 8 |
William Henry Holmes, composer |
Jan 10 |
Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. 1881) |
Jan 13 |
Humphrey Marshall, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1872 |
Jan 13 |
Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883) |
Jan 14 |
Carl Gradener, composer |
Jan 15 |
Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer |
Jan 15 |
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, The Seventh Master of the House |
Jan 20 |
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892 |
Jan 20 |
Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) |
Jan 31 |
John Randolph Tucker, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1883 |
Feb 7 |
Charles Dickens, England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities) |
Feb 7 |
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol |
Feb 11 |
Alexander H. Stephens, US Confederate Vice President, died in 1883 |
Feb 11 |
Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883 |
Feb 14 |
Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (d. 1846) |
Feb 15 |
Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany) |
Feb 16 |
Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75) |
Feb 19 |
Lauro Rossi, composer |
Feb 19 |
Lauro Rossi, Il suono instabile della libertà |
Feb 29 |
Hermann Hirschboch, German composer |
Feb 29 |
Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880, also on 29 February) |
Mar 1 |
Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852) |
Mar 6 |
Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking |
Mar 9 |
Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer |
Mar 10 |
Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice |
Mar 11 |
James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887 |
Mar 11 |
William Vincent Wallace, composer |
Mar 11 |
William Vincent Wallace, Maritana |
Mar 16 |
Henry Dwight Terry, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 |
Mar 20 |
George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 |
Mar 22 |
Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886) |
Apr 2 |
Louise-Marie of France, queen of Belgium (d. 1850) |
Apr 3 |
Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians (1832-50/wife of Leopold I) |
Apr 6 |
Aaron Bernstein, writer |
Apr 6 |
Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer |
Apr 6 |
Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870) |
Apr 6 |
Aleksandr Herzen, Soroka-vorovka |
Apr 9 |
Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 |
Apr 15 |
Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter |
Apr 22 |
Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. 1894) |
Apr 23 |
Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor |
Apr 26 |
Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant |
Apr 26 |
Friedrich von Flotow, Analyze This |
Apr 26 |
Alfred Krupp, |
Apr 27 |
Friedrich von Flotow, composer |
Apr 27 |
William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886) |
Apr 28 |
Daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 |
Apr 30 |
Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe |
May 6 |
Marin R Delany, Charlestown Va, 1st black major in US Medical Corp |
May 7 |
Robert Browning, London England, poet (Pied Piper) |
May 7 |
Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin |
May 12 |
Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) |
May 12 |
Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 |
May 12 |
Edward Lear, Tomfoolery |
May 17 |
Joseph Warren Revere, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1880 |
May 19 |
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 |
May 20 |
Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer |
May 23 |
Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) |
May 30 |
John Alexander McClernand, Major General (Union volunteers) |
Jun 3 |
Pieter Mijer, Dutch gov-gen of Neth Indies (1866-72) |
Jun 7 |
Theophilus Toulmin Garrard, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1902 |
Jun 8 |
Robert Schumann, Zwickau Germany, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik) |
Jun 8 |
Spyridon Xyndas, composer |
Jun 9 |
Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens) |
Jun 9 |
Johann G Galle, German astronomer (discovered Neptune) |
Jun 12 |
Edmond Hébert, French geologist (d. 1890) |
Jun 14 |
Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (d. 1881) |
Jun 18 |
Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov) |
Jun 18 |
Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov |
Jun 21 |
Moses Hess, Jewish socialist and nationalist (d. 1875) |
Jun 27 |
John Pike Hullah, composer |
Jun 28 |
Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter |
Jul 1 |
Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dutch genealogist/heraldicus |
Jul 15 |
Benno Adam, animal painter |
Jul 15 |
James Hope-Scott, English barrister (d. 1873) |
Jul 27 |
Thomas Lanier Clingman, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1897 |
Jul 28 |
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Stara basn. Kiedy slonce bylo bogiem |
Aug 8 |
John Rodgers II, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882 |
Aug 25 |
Percival Drayton, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1865 |
Sep 12 |
Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1886) |
Sep 18 |
Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (d. 1880) |
Sep 29 |
Gopel, mathematician |
Oct 20 |
Austin Flint, 19th century heart research pioneer |
Nov 2 |
Abraham I van Lier, theater director (Gran Theatre-van Lier) |
Nov 4 |
Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria) |
Nov 9 |
Paul Abadie, French master builder (renovated Notre Dame) |
Nov 14 |
Maria Christina of Savoy, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836) |
Nov 18 |
Jesse Johnson Finley, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 |
Nov 19 |
Karl Schwarz, German theologian (d. 1885) |
Nov 28 |
Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer |
Dec 3 |
Hendrik Conscience, The Conscript |
Dec 4 |
Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died 1894 |
Dec 6 |
Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884) |
Dec 14 |
Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies |
Dec 15 |
Isidor Dannstrom, composer |
Dec 16 |
William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 |
Dec 18 |
Wiktor Kazynski, composer |
Dec 20 |
Achille Peri, composer |
Dec 22 |
Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet) |
Dec 23 |
Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty) |
Dec 23 |
William Hauser, composer |
Dec 24 |
Henry Russell, composer |
Dec 24 |
Karl Eduard Zachariae, German jurist (d. 1894) |
Dec 24 |
Henry Russell, Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman |
Dec 26 |
Wilhelm Volkmar, composer |
Dec 28 |
Julius Reitz, composer |
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