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Eduardo Abaroa
Military
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Eduardo Abaroa

Eduardo Abaroa Hidalgo
🇧🇴 Bolivia
1838-10-13 – 1879-03-23 (40 years old)

Bolivian national hero and civil engineer who made a legendary last stand with a handful of civilian riflemen against Chilean forces at Topáter Bridge during the War of the Pacific.

La Paz, Bolivia
Lyuben Karavelov
Literature & Poetry
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Lyuben Karavelov

Любен Каравелов
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
1834-11-01 – 1879-01-21 (44 years old)

Influential writer, publisher, and President of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee (BRCC) in Bucharest whose journals 'Svoboda' and 'Nezavisimost' mobilized the revolutionary generation.

Ruse, Bulgaria
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Fabre Geffrard

Fabre Geffrard
🇭🇦 Haiti
1806 – 1878 (72 years old)

President of Haiti from 1859 to 1867 who restored the Republic, modernized higher education, and signed the Concordat with the Vatican.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Politics
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King Mindon

မင်းတုန်းမင်း
🇲🇲 Myanmar
1808-07-08 – 1878-10-01 (70 years old)

Enlightened penultimate monarch of Burma who founded the royal capital of Mandalay in 1857, modernized the kingdom's telegraphs and coinage, and convened the Fifth Buddhist Council.

Mandalay, Myanmar
Mirza Fatali Akhundov
Literature & Poetry
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Mirza Fatali Akhundov

Mirzə Fətəli Axundov
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
1812-07-12 – 1878-03-09 (65 years old)

Enlightenment philosopher and playwright recognized as the father of Azerbaijani theatre and modern literary prose, who authored six satirical comedies and pioneered alphabet reform.

Tbilisi, Georgia
Crazy Horse
Resistance & Human Rights
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Crazy Horse

Tȟašúŋke Witkó
🇺🇸 United States
c. 1840 – 5 September 1877 (~37 years old)

Legendary Oglala Lakota war leader who took up arms against the US federal government to fight against encroachment on Lakota territories and way of life, leading the charge that destroyed Custer's battalion at the Little Bighorn.

Fort Robinson, Nebraska, United States
Toru Dutt
Literature & Poetry
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Toru Dutt

তরু দত্ত
🇮🇳 India
1856 – 1877 (21 years old)

Bengali poet and translator recognized as the first Indian woman to write poetry in English and French, whose Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan established Indian English lyricism.

Kolkata, India
James Douglas
Politics
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James Douglas

Sir James Douglas
🇬🇾 Guyana
1803 – 1877 (73 years old)

Fur trader of mixed African and Scottish heritage who rose to Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company and served as the founding Governor of British Columbia during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.

Victoria (British Columbia), Canada
Caroline Chisholm
Social
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Caroline Chisholm

Caroline Jones Chisholm
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1808-05-30 – 1877-03-25 (68 years old)

Nineteenth-century humanitarian known as 'The Emigrant's Friend' who provided shelter, employment, and protection for thousands of destitute young female migrants and families in colonial Australia.

Northampton, United Kingdom
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