Notable Birthdays - 1818
1818 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 11 |
John Reese Kenly, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 |
Jan 14 |
Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon's Stories) |
Jan 14 |
Sakari Topelius, Wild Strawberries |
Jan 17 |
Antoine Dorion, (L) joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64) |
Jan 18 |
Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist |
Jan 28 |
George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905 |
Jan 31 |
William Raine Peck, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1871 |
Feb 6 |
William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901 |
Feb 8 |
Austin Blair, Gov/MC (Union), died in 1894 |
Feb 10 |
Isham Green Harris, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897 |
Feb 12 |
Otto Ludwig, German writer (Die Heiterethei) |
Feb 14 |
Frederick Douglass, African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor (exact year unknown) |
Feb 23 |
Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept |
Mar 2 |
Giulio Briccialdi, Wide Sargasso Sea |
Mar 6 |
William Claflin, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905) |
Mar 10 |
George Wythe Randolph, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1867 |
Mar 11 |
John Wilkins Whitfield, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 |
Mar 11 |
Marius Petipa, Swan Lake |
Mar 12 |
John Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897 |
Mar 13 |
Albion Parris Howe, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 |
Mar 15 |
Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (d. 1924) |
Mar 22 |
John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846) |
Mar 23 |
Don Carlos Buell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898 |
Mar 25 |
Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 |
Mar 27 |
Jakob Axel Josephson, composer |
Mar 28 |
Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902 |
Apr 4 |
Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) |
Apr 5 |
Lewis Baldwin Parsons, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
Apr 6 |
Francis Henry Brown, composer |
Apr 6 |
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet (d. 1870) |
Apr 8 |
Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906) |
Apr 8 |
Christian IX, De kongelige skal fotograferes |
Apr 14 |
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, queen of Hanover (d. 1909) |
Apr 17 |
Tsar Alexander II, |
Apr 20 |
Heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893) |
Apr 22 |
Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers) |
Apr 23 |
James Anthony Froude, historian |
Apr 23 |
John Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872 |
Apr 25 |
Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer |
Apr 29 |
Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia (1855-81) |
May 1 |
Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet |
May 5 |
Karl Marx, Trier, Prussia, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital), (d. 1883) |
May 5 |
Karl Marx, American Torso |
May 20 |
William George Fargo, founder (Wells Fargo) |
May 25 |
Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian |
May 27 |
Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons |
May 28 |
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter) |
May 28 |
P.G.T. Beauregard, |
May 31 |
John Albion Andrew, Gov (Union), died in 1867 |
Jun 3 |
Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889) |
Jun 17 |
Charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust) |
Jun 17 |
Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III |
Jun 17 |
Charles Gounod, 28 Days Later... |
Jun 21 |
Ernst II, duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer |
Jun 21 |
Joseph Abel Haskin, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 |
Jun 23 |
Simon Vissering, Dutch economist/minister of Finances (1879-81) |
Jun 30 |
Edward John Hopkins, composer |
Jul 1 |
Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist |
Jul 6 |
Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion (1851-66) |
Jul 10 |
John Stuart "Cerro Gordo" Williams, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) |
Jul 14 |
Nathaniel Lyon, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1861 |
Jul 15 |
Heinrich Esser, composer |
Jul 18 |
Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (d. 1896) |
Jul 24 |
Felix Godefroid, composer |
Jul 30 |
Emily Jane Bronte, Thornton England, novelist (Wuthering Heights), (d. 1848) |
Jul 30 |
John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch minister of Internal minister (1866..88) |
Jul 30 |
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights |
Jul 31 |
Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer |
Aug 1 |
Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island |
Aug 2 |
[Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major |
Aug 3 |
HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp) |
Aug 4 |
Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) |
Aug 7 |
Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist |
Aug 13 |
Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Association) |
Aug 18 |
William Farquhar Barry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879 |
Aug 23 |
Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 |
Aug 30 |
Alexander H. Rice, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895) |
Sep 7 |
Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886) |
Sep 12 |
Richard Jordan Gatling, US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun) |
Sep 13 |
Olivier Gloux, [Aimard], Fren world explorer/writer (Grande Flibuste) |
Sep 16 |
Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist |
Sep 17 |
Halfdan Kjeruif, composer (Kjerulf) |
Sep 18 |
Marcellus Augustus Stovall, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) |
Oct 4 |
Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier |
Oct 6 |
Joseph Rummel, composer |
Oct 8 |
John Henninger Reagan, Atty Gen (Confederacy) |
Oct 15 |
Irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 |
Oct 18 |
Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 |
Oct 22 |
Leconte de Lisle, writer |
Oct 25 |
Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author (V Lesach) [NS=Nov 6] |
Oct 26 |
Stefano Golinelli, composer |
Oct 28 |
Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright (Fathers & Sons) [OS] |
Nov 3 |
Gustavus Adolphus DeRussy, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1891 |
Nov 4 |
Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 |
Nov 5 |
Benjamin Franklin Butler, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 |
Nov 6 |
Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author (V Lesach) [OS=Oct 25] |
Nov 7 |
Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician (d. 1896) |
Nov 9 |
Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright (Fathers & Sons) [NS] |
Nov 9 |
Ivan Turgenev, Lover's Prayer |
Nov 22 |
Samuel Gibbs French, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 |
Nov 26 |
Louis Lacombe, composer |
Nov 29 |
George Brown, Canada, publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (L) (1858) |
Dec 4 |
William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army) |
Dec 12 |
Paul Octave Hebert, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 |
Dec 13 |
Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady (1861-65) |
Dec 21 |
Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece |
Dec 21 |
Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity) |
Dec 23 |
David Addison Weisiger, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 |
Dec 24 |
James Prescott Joule, physicist (discovered conservation of energy) |
Dec 28 |
Johan Jolin, Löjen och tårar |
Dec 30 |
James Cantey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1874 |
Dec 31 |
Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress |
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