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Gregor Mendel
(Know for Creating the science of Genetics)
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Birthdate: July 20, 1822
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hynčice, Vražné, Czechia
Died: January 6
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Allan Pinkerton
(Founder of Pinkerton National Detective Agency)
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Birthdate: August 25, 1819
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: July 1
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Bedrich Smetana
(Composer)
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Birthdate: March 2, 1824
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Litomysl, Czechia
Died: May 12
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Cyrus McCormick
(Inventor of mechanical reaper)
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Birthdate: February 15, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Shenandoah Valley
Died: May 13
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Keshab Chunder Sen
(Indian Philosopher and Social Reformer Known for Incorporating Christian Theology in Hindu Framework)
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Birthdate: November 19, 1838
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: January 8
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Cetshwayo
(King)
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Birthdate: 1826 AD
Birthplace: Eshowe, Zulu Kingdom
Died: February 8
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
(Politician)
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Birthdate: April 7, 1853
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom
Died: March 28
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Jean-Baptiste Dumas
(Chemist)
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William Wells Brown
(Abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian)
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Birthdate: March 15, 1814
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: November 6
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Ottilie Assing
(Feminist)
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Birthdate: February 11, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: August 21
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Wendell Phillips
(Advocate)
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Birthdate: November 29, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 2
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Jules Bastien-Lepage
(Painter)
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Birthdate: November 1, 1848
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Damvillers, France
Died: December 10
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Birthdate: July 21, 1843
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: February 5
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La Paiva
(Investor)
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Birthdate: May 7, 1819
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: January 21
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George Moses Horton
(Poet)
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Birthdate: February 3, 1807
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Soho, London, England
Died: August 13
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Elias Lönnrot
(Physician)
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Birthdate: April 9, 1802
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sammatti, Finland
Died: March 19
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Philippe Suchard
(Swiss chocolatier)
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Birthdate: October 9, 1797
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boudry
Died: January 14
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Gustave Le Gray
(Photographer)
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Birthdate: August 30, 1820
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Villiers-le-Bel, France
Died: July 30
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Juan Bautista Alberdi
(Diplomat)
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Birthdate: August 29, 1810
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Died: June 19
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Alfred Francis Russell
(Politician)
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Birthdate: August 25, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: April 4
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Karl Richard Lepsius
(Egyptologist)
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Birthdate: December 23, 1810
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naumburg, Germany
Died: July 10
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Frances Dana Barker Gage
(Writer)
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Birthdate: October 12, 1808
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Marietta, Ohio, United States
Died: November 10
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Paul Morphy
(Chess player)
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Birthdate: June 22, 1837
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: July 10
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Judah P. Benjamin
(Politician)
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Birthdate: August 6, 1811
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands
Died: May 6
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Robert Richard Torrens
(Writer)
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Mihály Táncsics
(Politician, Writer, Journalist)
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Birthdate: April 21, 1799
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ácsteszér, Hungary
Died: June 28
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Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
(Socialite)
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Birthdate: July 8, 1835
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hartford
Died: February 14
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Alfred Brehm
(German writer)
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Birthdate: February 2, 1829
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Renthendorf
Died: November 11
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Marie Taglioni
(Ballet Dancer)
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Birthdate: April 23, 1804
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: April 22
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Midhat Pasha
(Political figure)
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Marie Bashkirtseff
(Russian Artist and Sculptor)
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Birthdate: November 24, 1858
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Havrontsi, Ukraine
Died: October 31
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Henry Bartle Frere
(Official)
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Birthdate: March 29, 1815
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Clydach, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: May 29
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Muteesa I of Buganda
(King)
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Birthdate: 1837 AD
Birthplace: Mulago, Kampala, Uganda
Died: September 30
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Hans Makart
(Painter)
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Birthdate: May 28, 1840
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Salzburg, Austria
Died: October 3
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Charles Reade
(Novelist)
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Alexander, Prince of Orange
(Prince)
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Birthdate: August 25, 1851
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
Died: June 21
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Archibald MacLaren
(Author, Athletic)
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Birthdate: January 29, 1820
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Alloa, Clackmannanshire in Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: February 19
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Thomas Madiou
(Historian)
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Birthdate: April 30, 1814
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Port-au-Prince
Died: May 25
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Maria Anna of Savoy
(Queen)
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Birthdate: September 19, 1803
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Palazzo Colonna, Rome, Italy
Died: May 4
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Johann Gustav Droysen
(Historian)
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Birthdate: July 6, 1808
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Trzebiatów, Poland
Died: June 19
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Buenaventura Báez
(Politician)
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Birthdate: July 14, 1812
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rincón, Puerto Rico
Died: March 14
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Hermann Kolbe
(Chemist)
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Birthdate: September 27, 1818
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Elliehausen, Germany
Died: November 25
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John Wisden
(Cricketer)
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Birthdate: September 5, 1826
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brighton, Sussex, England
Died: April 5
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Noah Haynes Swayne
(Jurist)
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Birthdate: December 7, 1804
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Died: June 8
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Fanny Elssler
(Ballerina)
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Birthdate: June 23, 1810
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gumpendorf, Vienna
Died: November 27
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Thomas Chenery
(Journalist)
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Birthdate: 1826 AD
Birthplace: Barbados Island, Barbados
Died: February 11
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George Engelmann
(German-American Botanist, Physician, and Meteorologist Known for His Study of Phylloxera Vastatrix)
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Birthdate: February 2, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: February 4
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George Bentham
(Botanist)
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Birthdate: September 22, 1800
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Stoke Village, Plymouth, England
Died: September 10
