May 15
Today In History

Birthdays In History 1792

1792 Lowell Mason American composer and educator (d. 1872)

1792 Johan August Arfwedson Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1841)

1792 Christian de Meza Danish general (d. 1865)

1792 Lady Lucy Whitmore English noblewoman hymn writer (d. 1840)

1792 Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1873)

1792 Eliza Courtney French daughter of Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1859)

1792 José Joaquín de Herrera Mexican politician and general (d. 1854)

1792 Isaac Lea American conchologist geologist and publisher (d. 1886)

1792 Francisco de Paula Santander Colombian general and politician 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (d. 1840)

1792 Thaddeus Stevens American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)

1792 John Lambton 1st Earl of Durham English soldier and politician Lord Privy Seal (d. 1840)

1792 Thomas Romney Robinson Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)

1792 Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)

1792 Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis French mathematician and engineer (d. 1843)

1792 Thomas Mitchell Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (d. 1855)

1792 John Linnell English painter and engraver (d. 1882)

1792 Ferdinand Christian Baur German theologian and scholar (d. 1860)

1792 James Beaumont Neilson Scottish engineer and businessman (d. 1865)

1792 George M. Dallas American lawyer and politician 11th Vice President of the United States (d. 1864)

1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley English poet and playwright (d. 1822)

1792 Manuel Oribe Uruguayan soldier and politician 4th President of Uruguay (d. 1857)

1792 Charles Grandison Finney American minister and author (d. 1875)

1792 Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857)

1792 William Hobson Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)

1792 Joseph Crosfield English businessman (d. 1844)

1792 Christian Gmelin German chemist and pharmacist (d. 1860)

1792 John Bowring English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (d. 1826)

1792 Lucas Alamán Mexican politician and historian (d. 1853)

1792 Jeanne Jugan French nun (d. 1879)

1792 Sarah Moore Grimké American author and activist (d. 1873)

1792 Victor Cousin French philosopher and academic (d. 1867)

1792 Nikolai Lobachevsky Russian mathematician and geometer (d. 1856)

1792 William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)

1792 Abraham Jacob van der Aa Dutch author and academic (d. 1857)

1792 Nicolas Toussaint Charlet French painter and educator (d. 1845)

1792 Sylvester Jordan German lawyer and politician (d. 1861)

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Born - Feb 29,1792

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Born - Mar 07,1792

Died - May 11,1871

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Born - Aug 18,1792

Died - May 28,1878

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