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In the year 1809
188 Notable birthdays
Adolph E. Borie
United states merchant; secretary of the navy briefly (1809-1880).
Born November 25th, 1809 in Philadelphia.
Died February 5th, 1880 at 70 years old in Philadelphia.
William Forbes Skene
Scottish historian (1809-1892).
Born June 7th, 1809 in Rubislaw.
Died August 29th, 1892 at 83 years old in Edinburgh.
Richard W. Thompson
American politician (1809-1900).
Born June 8th, 1809 in Culpeper County.
Died February 9th, 1900 at 90 years old in Terre Haute.
Nicolaas Pieneman
Dutch painter (1809-1860).
Born January 1st, 1809 in Amersfoort.
Died December 30th, 1860 at 51 years old in Amsterdam.
Miguel García Granados
Guatemalan politician (1809-1878).
Born September 29th, 1809 in El Puerto de Santa María.
Died September 8th, 1878 at 68 years old in Guatemala City.
Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn
German botanist (1809–1864).
Born October 26th, 1809 in Mansfeld.
Died April 24th, 1864 at 54 years old in Lembang.
William King
Anglo-irish geologist.
Born April 22nd, 1809 in Sunderland.
Died June 24th, 1886 at 77 years old in Galway.
Robert Bentley Todd
Irish physician (1809–1860).
Born April 9th, 1809 in Dublin.
Died January 30th, 1860 at 50 years old in London.
Theodor Benfey
German philologist (1809-1881).
Born January 28th, 1809 in Nörten-Hardenberg.
Died June 26th, 1881 at 72 years old in Göttingen.
Andrei Șaguna
Romanian saint (1809-1873).
Born January 1st, 1809 in Miskolc.
Died June 29th, 1873 at 64 years old in Sibiu.
Santiago Derqui
President of argentina (1809-1867).
Born June 21st, 1809 in Córdoba.
Died November 5th, 1867 at 58 years old in Corrientes.
Eugène Flandin
French scholar, artist and politician (1809-1889).
Born August 15th, 1809 in Naples. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1889 at 80 years old in Cerelles. [ref]
John Kirk Townsend
U.s. ornithologist (1809-1851).
Born August 10th, 1809 in Philadelphia.
Died February 6th, 1851 at 41 years old in Washington, D.C. (arsenic poisoning).
Jean-Charles Cornay
French missionary and martyr (1809–1837).
Born February 27th, 1809 in Loudun.
Died September 20th, 1837 at 28 years old in Hà Tây (execution).
Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen
German geologist (1809–1876).
Born December 17th, 1809 in Göttingen.
Died October 16th, 1876 at 66 years old in Göttingen.
Karl Josef von Hefele
German catholic bishop and theologian (1809-1893).
Born March 15th, 1809 in Unterkochen.
Died June 6th, 1893 at 84 years old in Rottenburg am Neckar.
Hippolyte Flandrin
French painter (1809-1864).
Born March 23rd, 1809 in Lyon.
Died March 22nd, 1864 at 54 years old in Rome (smallpox).
Paula Frassinetti
Italian roman catholic nun.
Born March 3rd, 1809 in Genoa.
Died June 11th, 1882 at 73 years old in Rome (pneumonia).
Nestor Kukolnik
Russian writer (1809–1868).
Born September 20th, 1809 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 20th, 1868 at 59 years old in Taganrog.
Thomas Holley Chivers
American poet (1809-1858).
Born October 18th, 1809 in Washington.
Died December 18th, 1858 at 49 years old in Decatur.
John Stuart Blackie
Scottish scholar and man of letters (1809–1895).
Born July 28th, 1809 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1895 at 85 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Maria Micaela Desmaisieres
Spanish saint (1809–1865).
Born January 1st, 1809 in Madrid.
Died August 24th, 1865 at 56 years old in Valencia (cholera).
John H. Clifford
Massachusetts whig governor and attorney general (1809–1876).
Born January 16th, 1809 in Providence.
Died January 2nd, 1876 at 66 years old in New Bedford.
Karl Heinzen
German-born american journalist (1809-1880).
Born February 22nd, 1809 in Grevenbroich.
Died November 12th, 1880 at 71 years old in Boston.
François-Xavier Garneau
Québécois notary, poet, civil servant and liberal (1809-1866).
Born June 15th, 1809 in Quebec City.
Died February 3rd, 1866 at 56 years old in maison François-Xavier-Garneau (seizure). [ref]
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