Birthdays Date 1804 | History by KabAstro

George Childress (1804-1841)

Jan 8 American lawyer and statesman (author of Texas Declaration of Independence), born in Nashville, Tennessee

Jan 12 Hippolyte Monpou, French organist and opera composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1841)
Jan 13 John Pringle Nichol, Scottish astronomer and educator (University of Glasgow), born in Huntly Hill, Scotland (d. 1859)
Jan 13 Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)
Jan 14 John Park, Scottish composer and minister, born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (d. 1865)
Jan 16 Karl August Krebs, German conductor and composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1880)
Jan 20 Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
Jan 21 Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
Jan 31 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian poet and critic, born in Szücsi (d. 1858)
Feb 2 Leopold Eugen Mechura, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1870)
Feb 5 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (Finland's national anthem "Maamme"), born in Jakobstad, Finland (d. 1877)
Feb 6 Regnerus Livius van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch politician, born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1813)

John Deere (1804-1886)

Feb 7 American blacksmith and manufacturer (founded Deere & Company), born in Rutland, Vermont

Feb 8 Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer, born in Truro, Cornwall (d. 1834)
Feb 12 Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
Feb 14 Otis Tufts, American machinist and inventor who built printing machines, steam engines, firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1869)
Feb 16 Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885)
Feb 17 Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1883)
Feb 19 Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
Feb 19 David Wark, Irish-born Canadian senator (1867-1905) who served almost 38 years in office, born in Derry, Ireland (d. 1905)
Mar 8 Alvan Clark, American astronomer and maker of the Dearborn Observatory telescope, the largest telescope in the world at the time, born in Ashfield, Massachusetts (d. 1887)
Mar 14 Johann Strauss the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer (Radetzky March), born in Leopoldstadt, Austria (d. 1849)
Mar 17 James Bridger, American scout, fur trader and mountain man par excellence, born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1881)
Mar 20 Neal Dow, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Portland, Maine (d. 1897)
Mar 30 Salomon Sulzer, Austrian Jewish composer (synagogue music), born in Hohenem, Austria (d. 1890)
Apr 4 Joseph Fischhof, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer, born in Bučovice, Moravia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1857)
Apr 23 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium), born in Amsterdam (d. 1869)
Apr 24 Thomas Oliver Selfridge, American Navy Officer (d. 1902)
Apr 26 Charles Goodyear, American politician (D-NY), born in Cobleskill, New York (d. 1876)
May 1 Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov, Russian poet, born in Moscow (d. 1860) [NS 13/05]
May 5 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1886)
May 12 Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (popularizer of responsible government in Canada), born in York, Upper Canada (d. 1858)
May 16 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator, founder of first English-language kindergarten in the US, born in Billerica, Massachusetts (d. 1894)
May 17 Ottho Gerhard Heldring, Dutch preacher and reformer (Heldring Institutions), born in Zevenaar, Netherlands (d. 1876)
May 22 John William Livingston, American Commander (Union Navy), born in New York City (d. 1885)
May 31 Louise Farrenc (née Dumont), French pianist, composer and only female professor at the Paris Conservatory during the 19th century, born in Paris, France (d. 1875)
Jun 1 Mikhail Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russian composer (Kamarinskaya; Ruslan and Ludmilla), born in Novospasskoye, Smolensk, Russian Empire (d. 1857) [birth OS=May 20]
Jun 3 Richard Cobden, English politician and manufacturer (founder of the Anti-Corn-Law League), born in Dunford, England (d. 1865)
Jun 6 Petter Conrad Boman, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1861)
Jun 8 Jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician (RC), born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (d. 1875)
Jun 10 Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist, born in Altenburg, Germany (d. 1884)
Jun 24 Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, born in Pressburg (Pozsony), Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1849)
Jun 24 Willard Richards, American physician and religious leader, born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts (d. 1854)
Jul 1 George Sand [Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant], French novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro), born in Paris, France (d. 1876)
Jul 4 Désiré de Haerne, Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader, born in Ypres, Belgium (d. 1890)

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Jul 4 American author (House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter), born in Salem, Massachusetts

Jul 10 Emma Smith, Inaugural President of the Women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, born in Harmony Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1879)
Jul 14 Ludwig von Benedek, Hungarian born Austrian general (battle of Königgrätz), born in Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary Empire (d. 1881)
Jul 20 Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosauria), born in Lancaster, England (d. 1892)
Jul 22 Victor Schoelcher, French writer (abolitionism), born in Paris (d. 1893)
Jul 25 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1880)
Jul 28 Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher who influenced Karl Marx (The Essence of Christianity), born in Landshut, Bavaria (d. 1872)
Aug 6 Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer and minister of Justice (1856-58), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1863)
Sep 8 Eduard Friedrich Mörike, German poet, born in Ludwigsburg, Germany (d. 1875)
Sep 11 Aleksandr Polezhayev, Russian poet (Sasjka), born in Penza Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1838) [OS 30 Sep]
Sep 14 John Gould, British ornithologist and bird artist, born in Lyme Regis, Dorset (d. 1881)
Sep 14 Louis Désiré Maigret, French Catholic prelate, born in Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France (d. 1882)
Sep 16 Squire Whipple, American engineer who invented the iron truss bridge, born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, (d. 1888) [1]
Sep 23 David Van de Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1879)
Oct 3 Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, born in Lyon, France (d. 1869)
Oct 3 Townsend Harris, American diplomat (1st Western consul to reside in Japan), born in Washington County, New York (d. 1878)
Oct 5 Nicholas Wanostrocht [Felix], English amateur cricket batsman (Kent CCC, Surry CCC) and author (Felix on the Bat), born in London, England (d. 1876)
Oct 5 Robert Parker Parrott, American inventor (developed the rifled cannon known as the Parrott gun), born in Lee, New Hampshire (d. 1877)
Oct 10 Albin Masek, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1878)

Mongkut (1804-1868)

Oct 18 King of Thailand (1851-68), opened country to the West, (model for musical "The King and I"), born in Thonburi Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Oct 24 Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist, born in Wittenberg, Germany (d. 1891)
Oct 26 Lorenzo Thomas, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New Castle, Delaware (d. 1875)
Oct 28 Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1849)
Nov 13 Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), born in Sampson County, North Carolina (d. 1880)
Nov 18 Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (6th Prime Minister of Italy, 1864-66), born in Turin, French Empire (d. 1878)

Franklin Pierce (1804-1869)

Nov 23 14th President of the United States (Democrat: 1853-57), born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Nov 27 Julius Benedict, German opera composer (Protoghesi), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1885)
Dec 10 Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician, born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1851)
Dec 13 Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (3rd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1873)
Dec 16 Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889)