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In the year 1834
204 Notable birthdays
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907).
Born February 7th, 1834 in Tobolsk. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1907 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia). [ref]
William Morris
British textile artist, author, and socialist (1834-1896).
Born March 24th, 1834 in Walthamstow. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1896 at 62 years old in Hammersmith. [ref]
Edgar Degas
French impressionist artist (1834–1917).
Born July 19th, 1834 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1917 at 83 years old in Paris (stroke, aneurysm). [ref]
Charles Spurgeon
British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist (1834-1892).
Born June 19th, 1834 in Kelvedon.
Died January 31st, 1892 at 57 years old in Menton (yellow fever).
Ernst Haeckel
German zoologist (1834-1919).
Born February 16th, 1834 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1919 at 85 years old in Jena. [ref]
Anna Leonowens
British educator and writer (1831-1915).
Born November 6th, 1834 in Ahilyanagar. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1915 at 80 years old in Montreal.
William Chester Minor
American army surgeon, psychiatric-hospital patient, and lexicographical researcher.
Born June 22nd, 1834 in British Ceylon.
Died March 26th, 1920 at 85 years old in Hartford.
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
British politician and historian (1834–1902).
Born January 10th, 1834 in Naples.
Died June 19th, 1902 at 68 years old in Tegernsee.
Hetty Green
American financier (1834–1916).
Born November 21st, 1834 in New Bedford.
Died July 3rd, 1916 at 81 years old in New York City (stroke).
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
French sculptor and painter (1834–1904).
Born August 2nd, 1834 in Colmar. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1904 at 70 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
Horatio Alger
American novelist (1832–1899).
Born January 13th, 1834 in Chelsea.
Died July 18th, 1899 at 65 years old in Natick.
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and industrialist (1834–1900).
Born March 17th, 1834 in Schorndorf. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1900 at 65 years old in Bad Cannstatt. [ref]
Duchess Helene in Bavaria
Bavarian princess; wife of maximilian anton, hereditary prince of thurn and taxis (1834-1890).
Born April 4th, 1834 in Munich.
Died May 16th, 1890 at 56 years old in Regensburg (stomach cancer).
John Wesley Powell
American geologist (1834-1902).
Born March 24th, 1834 in Mount Morris. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1902 at 68 years old in North Haven. [ref]
Kawakami Gensai
Japanese samurai of the late edo period (1834-1872).
Born December 25th, 1834 in Kumamoto.
Died January 13th, 1872 at 37 years old in Nihonbashi-Kodenmachō (decapitation).
Kamehameha IV
King of the hawaiian islands (1834–1863).
Born February 9th, 1834 in Honolulu.
Died November 30th, 1863 at 29 years old in Honolulu (asthma).
James McNeill Whistler
American painter (1834-1903).
Born July 10th, 1834 in Lowell.
Died July 17th, 1903 at 69 years old in London, Chelsea.
Marshall Field
American businessman (1834–1906).
Born August 18th, 1834 in Conway. [ref]
Died January 16th, 1906 at 71 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
John Venn
British logician and philosopher (1834-1923).
Born August 4th, 1834 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died April 4th, 1923 at 88 years old in Cambridge.
Marcus Reno
Union army general (1834–1889).
Born November 15th, 1834 in Carrollton.
Died March 30th, 1889 at 54 years old in Washington, D.C. (surgical complications).
Kondō Isami
Japanese swordsman (1834–1868).
Born November 9th, 1834 in Kamiishiwara.
Died May 17th, 1868 at 33 years old in Itabashi execution grounds (decapitation).
Sabine Baring-Gould
English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, eclectic scholar, folk song collector (1834-1924).
Born January 28th, 1834 in Exeter.
Died January 2nd, 1924 at 89 years old in Lewtrenchard.
George du Maurier
French-british cartoonist and author (1834-1896).
Born March 6th, 1834 in Paris.
Died October 8th, 1896 at 62 years old in London. [ref]
Frederick Benteen
Union united states army officer (1834–1898).
Born August 24th, 1834 in Petersburg.
Died June 22nd, 1898 at 63 years old in Atlanta.
Léon Walras
French mathematical economist (*1834 – †1910).
Born December 16th, 1834 in Évreux.
Died January 5th, 1910 at 75 years old in Clarens.
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