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In the year 1809
188 Notable birthdays
Abraham Lincoln
President of the united states from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865).
Born February 12th, 1809 in Sinking Spring Farm. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1865 at 56 years old in Petersen House (shot to the head). [ref]
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809-1882).
Born February 12th, 1809.
Died April 19th, 1882 at 73 years old in Down House.
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849).
Born January 19th, 1809 in Boston. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1849 at 40 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Alfred Tennyson
British poet laureate (1809–1892).
Born August 6th, 1809 in Somersby.
Died October 6th, 1892 at 83 years old in Aldworth.
Felix Mendelssohn
German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of jewish descent (1809-1847).
Born February 3rd, 1809 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died November 4th, 1847 at 38 years old in Leipzig (stroke). [ref]
William Ewart Gladstone
British liberal prime minister (1809–1898).
Born December 29th, 1809 in Liverpool.
Died May 19th, 1898 at 88 years old in Hawarden Castle.
Nikolai Gogol
Russian writer of ukrainian origin (1809–1852).
Born April 1st, 1809 in Velyki Sorochyntsi. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1852 at 42 years old in Moscow.
Kit Carson
American frontiersman and union army general (1809-1868).
Born December 24th, 1809 in Richmond.
Died May 23rd, 1868 at 58 years old in Fort Lyon (abdominal aortic aneurysm).
Albert Pike
American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and confederate states army general associate justice of the arkansas supreme court, freemason (1809–1891).
Born December 29th, 1809 in Boston.
Died April 2nd, 1891 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart attack).
Hannibal Hamlin
Vice president of the united states from 1861 to 1865 (1809–1891).
Born August 27th, 1809 in Paris.
Died July 4th, 1891 at 81 years old in Bangor.
Louis Braille
French organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired.
Born January 4th, 1809 in Coupvray.
Died January 6th, 1852 at 43 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865).
Born January 15th, 1809 in Besançon.
Died January 19th, 1865 at 56 years old in Passy.
William B. Travis
Alamo commander and defender (1809–1836).
Born August 1st, 1809 in Saluda County.
Died March 6th, 1836 at 26 years old in Battle of the Alamo.
James Glaisher
British meteorologist and aeronaut (1809-1903).
Born April 7th, 1809 in London.
Died February 7th, 1903 at 93 years old in London.
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
French official and politician (1809-1891).
Born March 27th, 1809 in Paris, French Third Republic, First French Empire.
Died January 11th, 1891 at 81 years old in Paris, French Third Republic.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
American poet and physician (1809–1894).
Born August 29th, 1809 in Cambridge.
Died October 7th, 1894 at 85 years old in Boston.
Cyrus McCormick
American inventor and businessman (1809–1884).
Born February 15th, 1809 in Raphine.
Died May 13th, 1884 at 75 years old in Chicago (stroke).
Joseph Jenkins Roberts
President of liberia (1809–1876).
Born March 15th, 1809.
Died February 24th, 1876 at 66 years old in Monrovia.
Sterling Price
American politician and confederate states army general in the civil war (1809–1867).
Born September 20th, 1809 in Prince Edward County.
Died September 29th, 1867 at 58 years old in St. Louis (cholera).
Crown Prince Hyomyeong
Korean prince (1809–1830).
Born September 18th, 1809 in Changdeokgung.
Died June 25th, 1830 at 20 years old in Changdeokgung (disease).
Robert Cornelius
American photographer and lamp manufacturer (1809–1893).
Born March 1st, 1809 in Philadelphia.
Died August 10th, 1893 at 84 years old in Frankford.
Bruno Bauer
German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882).
Born September 6th, 1809 in Eisenberg. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1882 at 72 years old in Neukölln. [ref]
Edward FitzGerald
English poet and translator (1809–1883).
Born March 31st, 1809 in Woodbridge, Bredfield House.
Died June 14th, 1883 at 74 years old in Lowestoft.
Raphael Semmes
Confederate army general (1809–1877).
Born September 27th, 1809 in Charles County.
Died August 30th, 1877 at 67 years old in Mobile.
Frances Anne Kemble
English actress and writer (1809–1893).
Born November 27th, 1809 in London.
Died January 15th, 1893 at 83 years old in London.
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