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In the year 1829
174 Notable birthdays
Chester A. Arthur
President of the united states from 1881 to 1885.
Born October 5th, 1829 in Fairfield.
Died November 18th, 1886 at 57 years old in New York City (stroke).
Gerónimo
Leader of the bedonkohe apache (1829-1909).
Born June 16th, 1829 in Gila River.
Died February 17th, 1909 at 79 years old in Fort Sill (pneumonia).
Newton Knight
American civil war guerilla.
Born November 10th, 1829 in Jones County.
Died February 16th, 1922 at 92 years old in Jasper County.
Levi Strauss
German-jewish-born american businessman (1829-1902).
Born February 26th, 1829.
Died September 26th, 1902 at 73 years old in San Francisco.
John Everett Millais
British painter and illustrator (1829–1896).
Born June 8th, 1829 in Southampton.
Died August 13th, 1896 at 67 years old in London, Palace Gate (laryngeal cancer).
Roscoe Conkling
American politician (1829–1888).
Born October 30th, 1829 in Albany.
Died April 18th, 1888 at 58 years old in Manhattan.
Allan Hume
British ornithologist and founder of the indian national congress (1829–1912).
Born June 6th, 1829 in Bryanston Square. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1912 at 83 years old in London.
Elizabeth Siddal
Pre-raphaelite model, artist, and poet (1829-1862).
Born July 25th, 1829 in Holborn.
Died February 11th, 1862 at 32 years old in Blackfriars (drug overdose).
William Booth
British methodist preacher (1829-1912).
Born April 10th, 1829 in Nottingham. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1912 at 83 years old in Hadley Wood.
Oscar II of Sweden
King of sweden from 1872 to 1907 and norway from 1872 to 1905 (1829–1907).
Born January 21st, 1829 in Stockholm.
Died December 8th, 1907 at 78 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Carl Schurz
Union army general, politician (1829-1906).
Born March 2nd, 1829 in Liblar. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1906 at 77 years old in New York City.
August Kekulé
German organic chemist (1829–1896).
Born September 7th, 1829 in Darmstadt.
Died July 13th, 1896 at 66 years old in Bonn.
Anton Rubinstein
Russian pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1894).
Born November 16th, 1829 in Ofatinți.
Died November 20th, 1894 at 65 years old in Petergof.
Ignacio Zaragoza
Mexican political and military leader (1829–1862).
Born March 24th, 1829 in Goliad.
Died September 8th, 1862 at 33 years old in Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza (endemic typhus).
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
American musician and composer (1829-1869).
Born May 8th, 1829 in New Orleans.
Died December 18th, 1869 at 40 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Laura Bridgman
American deaf-blind woman.
Born December 21st, 1829 in Hanover.
Died May 24th, 1889 at 59 years old in Boston.
Ah Toy
American madam.
Born May 18th, 1829 in Qing dynasty. [ref]
Died February 1st, 1928 at 98 years old in San Jose.
William W. Belknap
Union army general (1829-1890).
Born September 22nd, 1829 in New York City, Hudson.
Died October 13th, 1890 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction, cardioplegia).
Edmond Albius
Important figure in the cultivation of vanilla.
Born August 9th, 1829 in Sainte-Suzanne.
Died August 9th, 1880 at 51 years old in Sainte-Suzanne.
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
The great islamic scholar (1829-1905).
Died August 11th, 1905 at 76 years old in Gangoh.
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
German noble (1829–1880).
Born July 6th, 1829 in Augustenborg.
Died January 14th, 1880 at 50 years old in Wiesbaden.
John of Kronstadt
Russian saint (1829–1908).
Born October 31st, 1829 in Sura.
Died January 2nd, 1909 at 79 years old in Kronstadt.
Charles Brooke
White rajah of sarawak (1829–1917).
Born July 3rd, 1829 in Burnham-on-Sea.
Died May 17th, 1917 at 87 years old in Gloucestershire.
Otto Goldschmidt
German composer, conductor and pianist.
Born August 21st, 1829 in Hamburg.
Died February 24th, 1907 at 77 years old in London.
Silas Weir Mitchell
American physician (1829–1914).
Born February 15th, 1829 in Philadelphia.
Died January 4th, 1914 at 84 years old in Philadelphia (hanging to death).
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Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius