Feb 2 Nathaniel Collins McLean, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1905) Feb 12 Edward Forbes, English Naturalist and pioneer in the field of biogeography, born in Douglas, Isle of Man (d. 1854) Feb 18 Jan August Hendrik Leys, Belgian Romantic painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1869) Feb 21 Ernest Meissonier, French painter and sculptor (depictions of Napoleon), born in Lyon, France (d. 1891) Feb 25 Robert Hall Chilton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1879) 1814 Famous Birthdays by Year 1816