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In the year 1824
199 Notable birthdays
Stonewall Jackson
General of the confederate army in the american civil war.
Born January 21st, 1824 in Clarksburg.
Died May 10th, 1863 at 39 years old in Guinea (pneumonia).
Dayananda Saraswati
Indian social reformer (1824-1883).
Born February 12th, 1824 in Tankara.
Died October 30th, 1883 at 59 years old in Ajmer.
William Magear Tweed
American politician (1823-1878).
Born April 3rd, 1824 in Manhattan.
Died April 12th, 1878 at 54 years old in Ludlow Street Jail (pneumonia).
Leland Stanford
American politician and railroad tycoon (1824-1893).
Born March 9th, 1824 in Watervliet. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1893 at 69 years old in Palo Alto (myocardial infarction).
Ambrose Burnside
American general and politician (1824–1881).
Born May 23rd, 1824 in Liberty.
Died September 13th, 1881 at 57 years old in Bristol (angina pectoris).
William Walker
American filibuster, physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary (1824-1860).
Born May 8th, 1824 in Nashville.
Died September 12th, 1860 at 36 years old in Trujillo.
Bedřich Smetana
Czech composer (1824–1884).
Born April 2nd, 1824 in Litomyšl. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1884 at 60 years old in Prague. [ref]
Winfield Scott Hancock
United states army officer (1824–1886).
Born February 14th, 1824 in Montgomeryville.
Died February 9th, 1886 at 61 years old in Governors Island (infectious disease).
Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer (1824-1896).
Born September 4th, 1824 in Ansfelden.
Died October 11th, 1896 at 72 years old in Vienna.
Jean-Léon Gérôme
French painter and sculptor (1824–1904).
Born May 11th, 1824 in Vesoul. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1904 at 79 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
George MacDonald
Scottish writer and christian minister (1824–1905).
Born December 10th, 1824 in Huntly.
Died September 18th, 1905 at 80 years old in Ashtead.
Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (Marie of Hesse)
Empress consort of russia (1855-1880).
Born August 8th, 1824 in Darmstadt.
Died June 3rd, 1880 at 55 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis).
Wilkie Collins
British writer (1824-1889).
Born January 8th, 1824 in London.
Died September 23rd, 1889 at 65 years old in London (stroke).
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Bengali poet and dramatist (1824–1873).
Born January 25th, 1824 in Jashore District.
Died June 29th, 1873 at 49 years old in Kolkata.
Alexandre Dumas fils
French writer and dramatist (1824–1895).
Born July 27th, 1824 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1895 at 71 years old in Marly-le-Roi. [ref]
Gustav Kirchhoff
German physicist (1824–1887).
Born March 12th, 1824 in Königsberg.
Died October 17th, 1887 at 63 years old in Berlin.
John Chisum
American businessman, rancher (1824–1884).
Born August 15th, 1824 in Hardeman County.
Died December 23rd, 1884 at 60 years old in Eureka Springs.
Charles Pfizer
German-american businessman and chemist (1824–1906).
Born March 22nd, 1824 in Ludwigsburg.
Died October 19th, 1906 at 82 years old in Rhode Island.
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
British physicist and engineer (1824–1907).
Born June 26th, 1824 in Belfast.
Died December 17th, 1907 at 83 years old in Largs.
Levi P. Morton
Vice president of the united states from 1889 to 1893 (1824–1920).
Born May 16th, 1824 in Shoreham. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1920 at 96 years old in Rhinebeck (pneumonia). [ref]
Edmund Kirby Smith
Confederate states army general (1824-1893).
Born May 16th, 1824 in St. Augustine.
Died March 28th, 1893 at 68 years old in Sewanee (pneumonia).
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
British earl (1824-1904); great-grandfather of elizabeth ii.
Born July 21st, 1824 in Redbourn.
Died February 16th, 1904 at 79 years old in Bordighera.
Paul Broca
French physician, anatomist and anthropologist (1824-1880).
Born June 28th, 1824 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande.
Died July 9th, 1880 at 56 years old in rue des Saints-Pères (cerebral hemorrhage).
William Palmer
English doctor found guilty of murder (1824–1856).
Born August 6th, 1824 in Rugeley.
Died June 14th, 1856 at 31 years old in Stafford (hanging to death).
Franz Sigel
Officer in the grand duchy of baden; us union army general; civil servant (1824–1902).
Born November 18th, 1824 in Sinsheim.
Died August 21st, 1902 at 77 years old in New York City.
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