Historical Archives & Public Figures

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Denmark

1770 – 1844 (73 years old)

Danish master sculptor of Neoclassicism whose severe classical purity rivaled Canova, creator of the 'Lion of Lucerne' and the majestic Christus statue in Copenhagen Cathedral.

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Alexander of Georgia

Georgia

1770 – 1844 (74 years old)

Georgian royal prince (Batonishvili) who led decades of armed anti-Tsarist uprisings across Caucasia to restore Georgian sovereignty.

Tabriz, Georgia

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Literature & Poetry

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Friedrich Hölderlin

Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin

Germany

1770 – 1843 (73 years old)

Visionary German lyric poet who bridged Classicism and Romanticism, synthesizing ancient Greek myth with tragic modern philosophy in Hyperion and Patmos.

Tübingen, Germany

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Theodoros Kolokotronis

Greece

1770 – 1843 (72 years old)

Supreme commander of the Greek War of Independence known as the 'Old Man of Morea', hero of Dervenakia.

Athens, Greece

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Bernardo O'Higgins

Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme

Chile

1778-08-20 – 1842-10-24 (64 years old)

Founding Father of Chile; laid the institutional, educational, and naval foundations of the sovereign Chilean republic.

Lima, Peru

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

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Jean-Baptiste van Mons

Belgium

1765 – 1842 (76 years old)

Celebrated Belgian pomologist, physicist, and chemist who bred over 400 distinct varieties of pears and apples, establishing Belgium as the historic capital of global pear horticulture.

Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

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Shah Shujah Durrani

شاه شجاع دراني

Afghanistan

1785-11-04 – 1842-04-05 (56 years old)

Fifth ruler of the Durrani Empire who surrendered the Koh-i-Noor diamond to Ranjit Singh in Lahore and was placed back on the throne of Kabul by the British in 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan War.

Kabul, Afghanistan

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Literature & Poetry

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Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal)

Henri Beyle (Stendhal)

France

23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842 (59 years old)

Visionary French novelist whose spare, analytical prose and profound psychological dissections of ambition, hypocrisy, and passion in Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black) and La Chartreuse de Parme founded modern European psychological fiction.

Paris, France

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Art

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Thomas Fearnley

Norway

1802-12-27 – 1842-01-16 (39 years old)

Foremost Norwegian romantic landscape painter and star pupil of J.C. Dahl whose grand, dramatic canvases like Slindebirken and Labrofossen celebrated Norway's wild majesty.

Oslo, Norway

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Vénérable Catherine Elizabeth McAuley

Catherine McAuley

Ireland

1778 – 1841 (63 years old)

Femme de foi et bienfaitrice irlandaise, fondatrice des Sœurs de la Miséricorde (Sisters of Mercy) consacrées aux soins hospitaliers et à la protection des femmes démunies.

Dublin, Ireland

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Literature & Poetry

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Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov

Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов

Russia

15 October 1814 – 27 July 1841 (26 years old)

Tragic genius of Russian Romanticism whose grief-stricken elegy on Pushkin's death and psychological masterpiece A Hero of Our Time (featuring Pechorin) redefined Russian prose before his death in a duel at age twenty-six.

Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Krai), Russia

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Science

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Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol

France

1772 – 1840 (68 years old)

Leading French alienist, favorite pupil of Philippe Pinel, who succeeded him at the Salpêtrière, distinguished hallucinations from illusions, defined monomania, and drafted France's landmark Lunacy Law of 1838.

Paris, France

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Politics

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Lord Durham

Radical Jack

Great Britain

12 April 1792 – 28 July 1840 (48 years old)

British statesman whose monumental 1839 Report on the Affairs of British North America recommended uniting Upper and Lower Canada and instituting responsible government.

Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom

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Lord Durham (John Lambton)

John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham

Great Britain

1792 – 1840 (48 years old)

British statesman sent to investigate the 1837 Rebellions whose historic Durham Report recommended responsible government and the legislative union of Upper and Lower Canada.

Chester-le-Street (County Durham), United Kingdom

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Manto Mavrogenous

Greece

1796 – 1840 (44 years old)

Heroine of the Greek Revolution from Mykonos who financed ships, led island defences, and appealed directly to European women for Philhellenic support.

Paros, Greece

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Business

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John Cockerill

Great Britain

1790 – 1840 (49 years old)

Industrial titan whose vast ironworks and engineering complexes at Seraing (Liège) made Belgium the first industrialized nation on the European continent and manufactured Europe's first steam locomotives.

Seraing (Liège), Belgium

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Arts & Music

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Niccolò Paganini

Italy

1782 – 1840 (57 years old)

Legendary Italian violin virtuoso and composer whose superhuman technical wizardry sparked rumors of a pact with the Devil.

Parma, Italy

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Carl Ludvig Engel

Johann Carl Ludwig Engel

Kingdom of Prussia

1778 – 1840 (61 years old)

German-born master neoclassical architect who in the early 19th century designed the monumental heart of Helsinki, including Senate Square, Helsinki Cathedral, the Government Palace, and the National Library of Finland.

Helsinki, Finland

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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries