Famous Birthdays
George Childress
Jan 8 George Childress, Lawyer, statesman (author of Texas Declaration of Independence), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1841)
George Childress
- Jan 12 Hippolyte Monpou, composer
- Jan 13 Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)
- Jan 13 John Pringle Nichol, Scottish Astronomer and educator
- Jan 14 John Park, Scottish composer & minister, born in Greenock, Renfrewshire (d. 1865)
- Jan 16 Karl August Krebs, composer
- Jan 20 Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
- Jan 21 Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
- Jan 31 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic
- Feb 2 Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer
- Feb 5 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet
- Feb 6 Regnerus Livius van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch politician, born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1813)
John Deere
Feb 7 John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (founded Deere & Company), born in Rutland, Vermont (d. 1886)
John Deere
- Feb 8 Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer, born in Truro, Cornwall (d. 1834)
- Feb 12 Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
- Feb 14 Otis Tufts, American machinist and inventor who built printing machines, steam engines, firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1869)
- Feb 16 Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885)
- Feb 17 Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1883)
- Feb 19 Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
- Feb 19 David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
- Mar 8 Alvan Clark, American astronomer and maker of the Dearborn Observatory telescope, the largest telescope in the world at the time, born in Ashfield, Massachusetts (d. 1887)
- Mar 14 Johann Strauss the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer (Radetzky March), born in Leopoldstadt, Austria (d. 1849)
- Mar 17 James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
- Mar 20 Neal Dow, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Portland, Maine (d. 1897)
- Mar 30 Salomon Sulzer, composer
- Apr 4 Joseph Fischhof, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer, born in Bučovice, Moravia (d. 1857)
- Apr 23 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium), born in Amsterdam (d. 1869)
- Apr 24 Thomas Oliver Selfridge, American Navy Officer (d. 1902)
- Apr 26 Charles Goodyear, American politician (D-NY), born in Cobleskill, New York (d. 1876)
- May 1 Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov, Russian poet, born in Moscow (d. 1860) [NS 13/05]
- May 5 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1886)
- May 12 Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish government in Canada (or 1904)
- May 16 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator, founder of first English-language kindergarten in the US, born in Billerica, Massachusetts (d. 1894)
- May 17 Ottho Gerhard Heldring, Dutch preacher and reformer (Heldring Institutions), born in Zevenaar, Netherlands (d. 1876)
- May 22 John William Livingston, American Commander (Union Navy), born in NYC, New York (d. 1885)
- May 31 Louise Farrenc, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1875)
- Jun 1 Mikhail Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer ("Jota Aragonesa", "Ruslan and Ludmilla") [OS=May 20]
- Jun 3 Richard Cobden, Sussex, founder (Anti-Corn-Law League)
- Jun 6 Petter Conrad Boman, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1861)
- Jun 8 Jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician (RC), born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (d. 1875)
- Jun 10 Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist, born in Altenburg, Germany (d. 1884)
- Jun 24 Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, born in Pressburg (Pozsony), Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1849)
- Jun 24 Willard Richards, American physician and religious leader, born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts (d. 1854)
- Jul 1 George Sand [Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant], French novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro), born in Paris, France (d. 1876)
- Jul 4 Désiré de Haerne, Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader, born in Ypres, Belgium (d. 1890)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jul 4 Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter), born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Jul 10 Emma Smith, Inaugural President of the Women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, born in Harmony Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1879)
- Jul 14 Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general
- Jul 20 Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosauria), born in Lancaster, England (d. 1892)
- Jul 22 Victor Schoelcher, French writer (abolitionism), born in Paris (d. 1893)
- Jul 25 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1880)
- Jul 28 Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man is what he eats)
- Aug 6 Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer and minister of Justice (1856-58), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1863)
- Aug 30 Aleksandr Polezhayev, Russian poet (Sasjka), born in Penza Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1638) [OS]
- Sep 8 Eduard Friedrich Mörike, German poet, born in Ludwigsburg, Germany (d. 1875)
- Sep 11 Aleksandr Polezhayev, Russian poet (Sasjka), born in Penza Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1638) [NS]
- Sep 14 John Gould, British ornithologist and bird artist, born in Lyme Regis, Dorset (d. 1881)
- Sep 14 Louis Désiré Maigret, French Catholic prelate, born in Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France (d. 1882)
- Sep 23 David Van de Kellen, coin engraver
- Oct 3 Townsend Harris, American diplomat (1st Western consul to reside in Japan), born in Washington County, New York (d. 1878)
- Oct 3 Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, born in Lyon, France (d. 1869)
- Oct 4 Nicholas "Felix" Wanostrocht, English cricketer, born in Camberwell, London, England (d. 1876)
- Oct 5 Robert Parker Parrott, American inventor (developed the rifled cannon known as the Parrott gun), born in Lee, New Hampshire (d. 1877)
- Oct 10 Albin Masek, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1878)
- Oct 18 Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thailand (1851-68)
- Oct 24 Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist, born in Wittenberg, Germany (d. 1891)
- Oct 26 Lorenzo Thomas, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New Castle, Delaware (d. 1875)
- Oct 28 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve)
- Nov 13 Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), born in Sampson County, North Carolina (d. 1880)
- Nov 18 Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)
Franklin Pierce
Nov 23 Franklin Pierce, 14th US President (Democrat: 1853-57), born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire (d. 1869)
Franklin Pierce
- Nov 27 Julius Benedict, opera composer (Protoghesi), born in Stuttgart, Germany
- Dec 10 Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician, born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1851)
- Dec 13 Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (3rd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1873)
- Dec 16 Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)
Benjamin Disraeli
Dec 21 Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1868, 1874-80) and writer, born in London (d. 1881)
Benjamin Disraeli
- Dec 23 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)