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In the year 1804

165 Notable birthdays

Franklin Pierce

President of the united states from 1853 to 1857.

Born November 23rd, 1804 in Hillsborough.

Died October 8th, 1869 at 64 years old in Concord (liver cirrhosis).

Benjamin Disraeli

British statesman (1804–1881).

Born December 21st, 1804 in London. [ref]

Died April 19th, 1881 at 76 years old in Curzon Street. [ref]

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864).

Born July 4th, 1804 in Salem.

Died May 19th, 1864 at 59 years old in Plymouth.

Jim Bridger

American explorer (1804-1881).

Born March 17th, 1804 in Richmond.

Died July 17th, 1881 at 77 years old in Kansas City.

George Sand

French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876).

Born July 1st, 1804 in former 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Died June 8th, 1876 at 71 years old in Nohant-Vic (bowel obstruction). [ref]

Mongkut

King of siam from 1851 to 1868.

Born October 18th, 1804 in Thonburi Province.

Died October 1st, 1868 at 63 years old in Grand Palace (malaria).

John Deere

American blacksmith and manufacturer (1804–1886).

Born February 7th, 1804 in Rutland.

Died May 17th, 1886 at 82 years old in Moline.

Ludwig Feuerbach

German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872).

Born July 28th, 1804 in Landshut. [ref]

Died September 13th, 1872 at 68 years old in Nuremberg. [ref]

Emma Smith

American mormon leader (1804-1879).

Born July 10th, 1804 in Harmony Township.

Died May 30th, 1879 at 74 years old in Nauvoo House.

Johann Strauss I

Austrian romantic composer.

Born March 14th, 1804 in Leopoldstadt.

Died September 25th, 1849 at 45 years old in Vienna (infectious disease).

Richard Owen

English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892).

Born July 20th, 1804 in Lancaster.

Died December 18th, 1892 at 88 years old in London.

Allan Kardec

Systematizer of spiritism (1804–1869).

Born October 3rd, 1804 in Lyon. [ref]

Died March 31st, 1869 at 64 years old in 2nd arrondissement of Paris (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]

Matthias Jacob Schleiden

German botanist and philosopher (1804-1881).

Born April 5th, 1804 in Hamburg.

Died June 23rd, 1881 at 77 years old in Frankfurt.

Joseph Paxton

English gardener, architect and member of parliament (1803-1865).

Born August 3rd, 1804 in Bedford, Milton Bryan. [ref]

Died July 8th, 1865 at 60 years old in London, London Borough of Lewisham. [ref]

John Gould

English ornithologist (1804–1881).

Born September 14th, 1804 in Lyme Regis.

Died February 3rd, 1881 at 76 years old in London.

Napoleon Louis Bonaparte

Middle son of louis i of holland and hortense de beauharnais (1804–1831).

Born October 11th, 1804 in Paris.

Died March 17th, 1831 at 26 years old in Forlì (measles).

Joseph Whitworth

English engineer, entrepreneur (1804–1887).

Born December 21st, 1804 in Stockport.

Died January 22nd, 1887 at 82 years old in Monte Carlo.

Richard Cobden

British radical and liberal statesman and manufacturer (1804-1865).

Born June 3rd, 1804 in Heyshott.

Died April 2nd, 1865 at 60 years old in London.

Duke Alexander of Württemberg

Great-great-grandfather of elizabeth ii of the united kingdom.

Born September 9th, 1804 in Saint Petersburg.

Died July 4th, 1885 at 80 years old in Laško.

Louise Farrenc

French composer, pianist and teacher (1804–1875).

Born May 31st, 1804 in Paris.

Died September 15th, 1875 at 71 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Wilhelm Eduard Weber

German physicist (1804–1891).

Born October 4th, 1804 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg. [ref]

Died June 23rd, 1891 at 86 years old in Göttingen.

Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Finland’s national poet, author of finland’s national anthem, swedish-speaking writer and poet (1804–77).

Born February 5th, 1804 in Jakobstad. [ref]

Died May 6th, 1877 at 73 years old in Grand Duchy of Finland, Porvoo. [ref]

Marie Taglioni

Italian ballet dancer (1804-1884).

Born April 23rd, 1804 in Stockholm.

Died April 23rd, 1884 at 80 years old in Marseille. [ref]

Jane Stirling

Scottish amateur pianist (1804–1859).

Born July 15th, 1804 in Dunblane.

Died February 6th, 1859 at 54 years old in Mid Calder, Perthshire.

Neal S. Dow

American prohibition advocate and politician (1804–1897).

Born March 20th, 1804 in Portland.

Died October 2nd, 1897 at 93 years old in Portland.

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