Famous Birthdays
Jacob Grimm
Jan 4 Jacob Grimm, German philologist, folklorist and editor of "Grimm's Fairy Tales", born in Hanau, Hesse-Cassel, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1863)
Jacob Grimm
- Jan 23 Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad
- Feb 12 Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)
- Feb 15 Claude Louis Marie Navier
- Feb 21 Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author (Die Sterner)
- Feb 22 Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Ham, French Physicist (Peltier effect 1834)
- Mar 6 Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (Pygmalion), born in Włoszakowice, Poland (d. 1857)
- Mar 7 Alessandro Manzoni, Italian poet/novelist (Betrothed)
- Mar 11 John McLean, American Supreme Court Justice (1829-61) and Postmaster General, born in Morris County, New Jersey (d. 1861)
- Mar 19 Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer
- Mar 27 Louis XVII Charles, King of France (1793-95), born in Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1795)
- Apr 1 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
- Apr 4 Bettina von Arnim, German writer and composer of the Romantic era (This Book Belongs to the King), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1859)
- Apr 9 Sibrandus Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist (electric car), born in Adorp, Netherlands (d. 1841)
- Apr 19 Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer
John James Audubon
Apr 26 John James Audubon, American bird watcher and artist, born in Les Cayes, Haiti (d. 1851)
John James Audubon
- May 6 Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller
- May 9 James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
- May 18 John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
- Jul 6 William J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens)
- Jul 14 Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (d. 1851)
- Jul 20 Mahmud II, Sultan of Turkey (1808-39), born in Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Turkey (d. 1839)
- Aug 15 Thomas De Quincey, English writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater), born in Manchester (d. 1859)
- Aug 19 Seth Thomas, American pioneer in mass production of clocks
- Aug 20 Oliver Hazard Perry, American Naval hero (Battle of Lake Erie), born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island (d. 1819)
- Sep 25 George Pinto, English composer, born in London (d. 1806)
- Sep 28 David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), born in Wilmington, North Carolina
- Oct 15 Jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14)
- Oct 18 Thomas Love Peacock, English author (Headlong Hall)
- Oct 20 George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (d. 1873)
- Oct 31 George F Kersting, German painter, born in Güstrow, Germany (d. 1847)
- Nov 2 Frederich Kalkbrenner, German-French pianist and composer, born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1849)
- Nov 2 Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer
- Nov 13 Caroline Lamb, English aristocrat, author (Glenarvon), wife of William Lamb, lover of Lord Byron (d. 1828)
- Nov 18 David Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841)
William Beaumont
Nov 21 William Beaumont, American surgeon and father of gastric physiology, born in Lebanon, Connecticut (d. 1853)
William Beaumont