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 (The Birds of America), 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)
- Oct 15 José Miguel Carrera, 1st President of Chile (1811-14), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 1821)
- 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, German pianist and composer, born in Dessau (d. 1853)
- 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