May 16
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Birthdays In History 1781

1781 Gaspar Flores de Abrego three terms mayor of San Antonio in Spanish Texas (d. 1836)

1781 Joseph Hormayr Baron zu Hortenburg Austrian-German historian and politician (d. 1848)

1781 François Habeneck French violinist and conductor (d. 1849)

1781 Ludwig Achim von Arnim German poet and author (d. 1831)

1781 Adelbert von Chamisso German botanist and poet (d. 1838)

1781 Johann Baptist von Spix German biologist and explorer (d. 1826)

1781 René Laennec French physician invented the stethoscope (d. 1826)

1781 Rebecca Gratz American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)

1781 Frederica of Baden Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1826)

1781 Karl Friedrich Schinkel German painter and architect designed the Konzerthaus Berlin (d. 1841)

1781 Ebenezer Elliott English poet and educator (d. 1849)

1781 Alexander Vostokov Estonian-Russian philologist and academic (d. 1864)

1781 Swaminarayan Indian religious leader (d. 1830)

1781 Karl Christian Friedrich Krause German philosopher and author (d. 1832)

1781 Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer German historian and academic (d. 1873)

1781 Christian Lobeck German scholar and academic (d. 1860)

1781 Siméon Denis Poisson French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)

1781 Stamford Raffles English politician founded Singapore (d. 1826)

1781 Mauro Giuliani Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1828)

1781 Maria Aletta Hulshoff Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (d. 1846)

1781 Eugène de Beauharnais French general and politician (d. 1824)

1781 Anton Diabelli Austrian composer and publisher (d. 1858)

1781 Vincent Novello English composer and publisher (d. 1861)

1781 Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)

1781 Bernard Bolzano Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)

1781 Johann Friedrich Meckel German anatomist (d. 1833)

1781 Louis Joseph Dauphin of France (d. 1789

1781 Friedrich von Berchtold Bohemian physician and botanist (d. 1876)

1781 Karl Friedrich Eichhorn German captain and jurist (d. 1854)

1781 Bartolomeo Pinelli Italian illustrator and engraver (d. 1835)

1781 Theodor Valentin Volkmar German lawyer and politician 1st Mayor of Marburg (d. 1847)

1781 Andrés Bello Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)

1781 Alexander Berry Scottish surgeon merchant and explorer (d. 1873)

1781 David Brewster Scottish physicist mathematician and astronomer (d. 1868)

1781 John Keane 1st Baron Keane Irish general and politician Governor of Saint Lucia (d. 1844)

George Stephenson

Profession - Engineer

Born - Jun 09,1781

Died - Aug 12,1848

English

1781 John Walker English

Stamford Raffles

Profession -

Born - Jul 06,1781

Died - Jul 05,1826

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