May 16
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Birthdays In History 1801

1801 John Batman Australian entrepreneur and explorer (d. 1839)

1801 Johannes Bernardus van Bree Dutch violinist composer and conductor (d. 1857)

1801 John Henry Newman English cardinal (d. 1890)

1801 Kristjan Jaak Peterson Estonian poet (d. 1822)

1801 Alexander Barrow American lawyer and politician (d. 1846)

1801 Félix Dujardin French biologist (d. 1860)

1801 Vincenzo Gioberti Italian philosopher publicist and politician (d. 1852)

1801 Joseph Lanner Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1843)

1801 Ambrose Dudley Mann American politician and diplomat 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1889)

1801 Princess Sophie of Sweden Swedish princess (d. 1865)

1801 Johann Georg Baiter Swiss philologist and scholar (d. 1887)

1801 James Pennethorne English architect designed Victoria Park (d. 1871)

1801 William Scamp English architect and engineer (d. 1872)

1801 Heber C. Kimball American religious leader (d. 1868)

1801 Benjamin Wright Raymond American merchant and politician 3rd Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)

1801 Julius Plücker German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)

1801 Frédéric Bastiat French economist and theorist (d. 1850)

1801 Johannes Peter Müller German physiologist and anatomist (d. 1858)

1801 George Bradshaw English cartographer and publisher (d. 1853)

1801 Fredrika Bremer Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865)

1801 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer Dutch historian and politician (d. 1876)

1801 Antoine Augustin Cournot French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1877)

1801 Sarel Cilliers South African preacher and activist (d.1871)

1801 Marie Laveau American voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)

1801 Mikhail Ostrogradsky Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1862)

1801 Hippolyte Carnot French politician (d. 1888)

1801 Friedrich Frey-Herosé Swiss lawyer and politician 5th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1873)

1801 Joseph Plateau Belgian physicist and academic created the Phenakistoscope (d. 1883)

1801 Melchior Berri Swiss architect and educator designed the Natural History Museum of Basel (d. 1854)

1801 Albert Lortzing German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1851)

1801 Karl Baedeker German author and publisher founded the Baedeker Publishing Company (d. 1859)

1801 Vincenzo Bellini Italian composer (d. 1835)

1801 Vladimir Dal Russian lexicographer and author (d. 1872)

1801 Samuel Gridley Howe American physician and activist (d. 1876)

1801 Mungo Ponton Scottish inventor (d. 1880)

1801 Ludwig Bechstein German author and poet (d. 1860)

1801 Johann Nestroy Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1862)

1801 Christian Dietrich Grabbe German poet and playwright (d. 1836)

1801 Émile Littré French lexicographer and philosopher (d. 1881)

1801 Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood English politician founded the town of Fleetwood (d. 1866)

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Died - Jan 11,1874

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Born - Feb 01,1801

Died - Feb 11,1848

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Born - May 16,1801

Died - Oct 10,1872

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