May 20
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Birthdays In History 1795

1795 Anselme Payen French chemist and academic (d. 1871)

1795 Alexander Griboyedov Russian playwright composer and poet (d. 1829)

1795 Antonio José de Sucre Venezuelan general and politician 2nd President of Bolivia (d. 1830)

1795 Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger Austrian mineralogist geologist and physicist (d. 1871)

1795 Ary Scheffer Dutch-French painter and academic (d. 1858)

1795 José Antonio Navarro American merchant and politician (d. 1871)

1795 Joseph Légaré Canadian painter and glazier artist seigneur and political figure (d. 1855)

1795 William Lyon Mackenzie Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician 1st Mayor of Toronto (d. 1861)

1795 George Tyler Wood American military officer and politician (d. 1858)

1795 Georg Heinrich Pertz German historian and author (d. 1876)

1795 Henry Havelock British general (d. 1857)

1795 Gérard Paul Deshayes French geologist and chronologist (d. 1875)

1795 Johns Hopkins American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1873)

1795 Pedro María de Anaya Mexican soldier. President (1847–1848) (d. 1854)

1795 Charles Barry English architect designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (d. 1860)

1795 John Marston American sailor (d. 1885)

1795 James Braid Scottish-English surgeon (d. 1860)

1795 Ernst Heinrich Weber German physician and psychologist (d. 1878)

1795 Giorgio Mitrovich Maltese politician (d. 1885)

1795 James Gordon Bennett Sr. American publisher founded the New York Herald (d. 1872)

1795 Frances Wright Scottish-American author and activist (d. 1852)

1795 John William Polidori English physician and author (d. 1821)

1795 Alexander Keith Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873)

1795 William Buell Sprague American minister historian and author (d. 1876)

1795 John P. Kennedy American novelist and Whig politician (d. 1870)

1795 Nikolaos Mantzaros Greek composer and theorist (d. 1872)

1795 Thaddeus William Harris American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856)

1795 Peter Andreas Hansen Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1874)

1795 Jack Russell English priest hunter and dog breeder (d. 1883)

1795 Eli Whitney Blake American engineer invented the Mortise lock (d. 1886)

1795 Maria Schicklgruber mother of Alois Hitler and the paternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler (d.1847)

James Gordon Bennett

Profession -

Born - Sep 01,1795

Died - Jun 01,1872

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James Knox Polk

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Born - Nov 02,1795

Died - Jun 15,1849

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John Keats

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Born - Oct 31,1795

Died - Feb 23,1821

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Born - Dec 21,1795

Died - May 23,1886

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Rowland Hill

Profession - Inventor

Born - Dec 03,1795

Died - Aug 27,1879

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Thomas Carlyle

Profession - Historian

Born - Dec 04,1795

Died - Feb 05,1881

Scottish

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