Apr 29
Today In History

Birthdays In History 1799

1799 Jedediah Smith American hunter explorer and author (d. 1831)

1799 Priscilla Susan Bury British botanist (d. 1872)

1799 Anson Jones American physician and politician 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)

1799 Ludger Duvernay Canadian journalist publisher and politician (d. 1852)

1799 Alois Negrelli Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (d. 1858)

1799 Rodolphe Töpffer Swiss teacher author painter cartoonist and caricaturist (d. 1846)

1799 Almeida Garrett Portuguese journalist and author (d. 1854)

1799 Walenty Wańkowicz Polish painter and illustrator (d. 1842)

1799 Carl Julian (von) Graba German lawyer and ornithologist who visited and studied the Faroe Islands (d. 1874)

1799 Edward Belcher British naval officer hydrographer and explorer (d. 1877)

1799 Frederick Catherwood British artist architect and explorer (d. 1854)

1799 Simon Cameron American journalist and politician United States Secretary of War (d. 1889)

1799 Karl August Nicander Swedish poet and author (d. 1839)

1799 Jacques Denys Choisy Swiss clergyman and botanist (d. 1859)

1799 Henri Druey Swiss lawyer and politician 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1855)

1799 Eliza Acton English food writer and poet (d. 1859)

1799 Honoré de Balzac French novelist and playwright (d. 1850)

1799 Mary Anning English paleontologist (d. 1847)

1799 August Kopisch German poet and painter (d. 1853)

1799 Alexander Pushkin Russian author and poet (d. 1837)

1799 William Lassell English astronomer and merchant (d. 1880)

1799 John Milton Bernhisel American physician and politician (d. 1881)

1799 David Douglas Scottish-English botanist and explorer (d. 1834)

1799 Oscar I of Sweden (d. 1859)

1799 Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill American author (d. 1879)

1799 Reuben Chapman American lawyer and politician 13th Governor of Alabama (d. 1882)

1799 James Prinsep English orientalist and scholar (d. 1840)

1799 Ferenc Gyulay Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (d. 1868)

1799 Margaret Agnes Bunn Scottish actress (d. 1883)

1799 Ignace Bourget Canadian bishop (d. 1885)

1799 John Light Atlee American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)

1799 William Sprague III American lawyer and politician 14th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1856)

1799 Gustav Prince of Vasa (d. 1877)

1799 Amos Bronson Alcott American philosopher and academic (d. 1888)

1799 Karl Bryullov Russian painter (d. 1852)

1799 Nicholas Callan Irish priest and physicist (d. 1864)

1799 Imre Frivaldszky Hungarian botanist and entomologist (d. 1870)

Anna Atkins

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Born - Mar 16,1799

Died - Jun 09,1871

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Edward Smith-Stanley

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Born - Mar 29,1799

Died - Oct 23,1869

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