May 19
Today In History

Birthdays In History 1815

1815 Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather American writer (d.1882)

1815 William Bickerton English-American religious leader third President of the Church of Jesus Christ (d. 1905)

1815 Henry Halleck American lawyer general and scholar (d. 1872)

1815 Constantin von Tischendorf German theologian and scholar (d. 1874)

1815 Horace Wells American dentist (d. 1848)

1815 Edward James Roye 5th President of Liberia (d. 1872)

1815 Federico de Madrazo Spanish painter (d.1894)

1815 Rufus Wilmot Griswold American anthologist editor poet and critic (d. 1857)

1815 Mykhailo Verbytsky Ukrainian composer of religious hymns and the national anthem of Ukraine (d. 1870)

1815 John Wentworth American journalist and politician 19th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1888)

1815 David Davis American jurist and politician (d. 1886)

1815 Anna Bochkoltz German operatic soprano voice teacher and composer (d. 1879)

1815 Louis-Jules Trochu French military leader and politician (d. 1896)

1815 James Curtis Hepburn American physician linguist and missionary (d. 1911)

1815 Arsène Houssaye French author and poet (d. 1896)

1815 Edward Clark American lawyer and politician 8th Governor of Texas (d. 1880)

1815 Robert Volkmann German organist composer and conductor (d. 1883)

1815 Anthony Trollope English novelist essayist and short story writer (d. 1882)

1815 William Buell Richards Canadian lawyer and judge 1st Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1889)

1815 Edward Tompkins American lawyer and politician (d. 1872)

1815 Henry Parkes English-Australian politician 7th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1896)

1815 Adye Douglas English-Australian cricketer and politician 15th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1906)

1815 Julia Margaret Cameron Indian-Sri Lankan photographer (d. 1879)

1815 Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen German general (d. 1881)

1815 Cornelius Krieghoff Dutch-Canadian painter (d. 1872)

1815 Stefan Dunjov Bulgarian colonel (d. 1889)

1815 Richard Henry Dana Jr. American lawyer and politician (d. 1882)

1815 Adolf Friedrich von Schack German poet and historian (d. 1894)

1815 Edward John Eyre English explorer and politician Governor of Jamaica (d. 1901)

1815 John Bosco Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)

1815 Harriette Newell Woods Baker American editor and children's book writer (d. 1893)

1815 St. John Richardson Liddell American general (d. 1870)

1815 John McDouall Stuart Scottish explorer and surveyor (d. 1866)

1815 Giuseppina Strepponi Italian soprano and educator (d. 1897)

1815 Halfdan Kjerulf Norwegian journalist and composer (d. 1868)

1815 Richard Dry Australian politician 7th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1869)

1815 James Agnew Irish-Australian politician Premier of Tasmania (d. 1901)

1815 Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte Italian-French politician (d. 1881)

1815 William J. Hardee American general (d. 1873)

1815 Francis Lubbock American colonel and politician 9th Governor of Texas (d. 1905)

1815 João Maurício Vanderlei Baron of Cotejipe Brazilian politician (d. 1889)

1815 Camillo Sivori Italian virtuoso violinist and composer (d. 1894)

1815 Ľudovít Štúr Slovak philologist and politician (d. 1856)

1815 Dan Emmett American composer (d. 1904)

1815 Thomas Chapman English-Australian politician 5th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1884)

1815 Karl Weierstrass German mathematician and academic (d. 1897)

1815 John Mitchel Irish journalist and activist (d. 1875)

1815 William Sawyer Canadian merchant and politician (d. 1904)

1815 Adolph Menzel German painter and illustrator (d. 1905)

1815 Thomas Couture French painter and educator (d. 1879)

1815 George Meade American general and engineer (d. 1872)

1815 Otto of Greece (d. 1862)

Ada Lovelace

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Born - Dec 10,1815

Died - Nov 27,1852

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Born - Nov 12,1815

Died - Oct 26,1902

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Born - Nov 02,1815

Died - Dec 08,1864

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John A. Macdonald

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Born - Jan 11,1815

Died - Jun 06,1891

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Otto von Bismarck

Profession -

Born - Apr 01,1815

Died - Jul 30,1898

German

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