Birthdays In History 1818

1818 William Gamble Irish-born American general (d. 1866)

1818 Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)

1818 Zachris Topelius Finnish author and journalist (d. 1898)

1818 John O'Shanassy Irish-Australian politician 2nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1883)

1818 Marius Petipa French-Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)

1818 John Ainsworth Horrocks English-Australian explorer founded Penwortham (d. 1846)

1818 Wade Hampton III American general and politician 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)

1818 Thomas Mayne Reid Irish-American author and poet (d. 1883)

1818 Aasmund Olavsson Vinje Norwegian journalist and poet (d. 1870)

1818 Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906)

1818 August Wilhelm von Hofmann German chemist and academic (d. 1892)

1818 James Anthony Froude English historian novelist biographer and editor (d. 1894)

1818 Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)

1818 Samuel Leonard Tilley Canadian pharmacist and politician 3rd Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1896)

1818 Ezra Otis Kendall American professor astronomer and mathematician (d. 1899)

1818 William Fargo American businessman and politician co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d. 1881)

1818 Jacob Burckhardt Swiss historian and academic (d. 1897)

1818 Louise de Broglie Countess d'Haussonville French essayist and biographer (d. 1882)

1818 Amelia Bloomer American journalist and activist (d. 1894)

1818 P. G. T. Beauregard American general (d. 1893)

1818 John Albion Andrew American lawyer and politician 25th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1867)

1818 Louis Faidherbe French general and politician Governor of Senegal (d. 1889)

1818 Alexander Bain Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1903)

1818 Charles Gounod French composer and academic (d. 1893)

1818 Sophie of Württemberg queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)

1818 Angelo Secchi Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1878)

1818 Ignaz Semmelweis Hungarian-Austrian physician and obstetrician (d. 1865)

1818 Karl von Vierordt German physician psychologist and academic (d. 1884)

1818 Adolf Anderssen German chess player (d. 1879)

1818 Louis Gerhard De Geer Swedish lawyer and politician 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1896)

1818 Agostino Roscelli Italian priest and saint (d. 1902)

1818 Jan Heemskerk Dutch lawyer and politician 16th and 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1897)

1818 Maria Mitchell American astronomer and academic (d. 1889)

1818 Lucy Stone American abolitionist and suffragist (d. 1893)

1818 Rudolf von Jhering German jurist (d. 1892)

1818 Alexander H. Rice American businessman and politician 30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)

1818 José María Castro Madriz Costa Rican lawyer and politician 1st President of Costa Rica (d. 1892)

1818 Edmund Kennedy Australian explorer and surveyor (d. 1848)

1818 Thomas Talbot American businessman and politician 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)

1818 Theodor Kullak German pianist composer and educator (d. 1882)

1818 Lucy Goode Brooks Former American slave and a founder of Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans (d. 1900)

1818 Hermann Kolbe German chemist and academic (d. 1884)

1818 John Henninger Reagan American judge and politician 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)

1818 Alexander Dreyschock Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869)

1818 William Forster Indian-Australian politician 4th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1882)

1818 Leconte de Lisle French poet and author (d. 1894)

1818 Emil du Bois-Reymond German physician and physiologist (d. 1896)

1818 Ivan Turgenev Russian author and playwright (d. 1883)

1818 Lewis H. Morgan American lawyer anthropologist and theorist (d. 1881)

1818 George Brown Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician 10th Premier of West Canada (d. 1880)

1818 Charles III Prince of Monaco (d. 1889)

1818 James Prescott Joule English physicist and brewer (d. 1889)

1818 Carl Remigius Fresenius German chemist and academic (d. 1897)

1818 George S. Boutwell American lawyer and politician 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)

1818 William M. Evarts American lawyer and politician 27th United States Secretary of State (d. 1901)

1818 William Claflin American businessman and politician 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)

1818 Heinrich Göbel German-American mechanic and engineer (d. 1893)

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