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Death year 1864

James Henry Hammond Facts

James Henry Hammond (November 15, 1807 – November 13, 1864) was an attorney, politician and planter from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and Unit

Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon Facts

Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon (née Brodie) (1794–1864), was a Scottish noblewoman. She was daughter of Alexander Brodie, who in 1813 married, George Gordon, marquis of Huntly, afterwards the 5th Duke of Gordon. She was a member of the Scotti

Laurindo Rabelo Facts

Laurindo José da Silva Rabelo (July 8, 1826 – September 28, 1864) was a Brazilian Ultra-Romantic poet, teacher and medician. Famous for his lundu lyrics and satires, he won the epithet of “the Brazilian Bocage”, and, because of his physical appear

Stephen Foster Facts

Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as “the father of American music”, was an American songwriter primarily known for his parlor and minstrel music. Foster wrote over 200 songs; among his best-known are “Oh! Susanna”, “

Jan Fishan Khan Facts

Jan-Fishan Khan, born Sayyid Muhammed Shah, was a 19th-century Afghan warlord who participated in the First Anglo-Afghan War and the subsequent Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Nathaniel Hawthorne Facts

Nathaniel Hawthorne (/ˈhɔːˌθɔrn/; born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, Dark Romantic, and short story writer.

Owen Lovejoy Facts

Owen Lovejoy (January 6, 1811 – March 25, 1864) was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. After his brother Elijah Lovejoy was mur

Tan Kim Seng Facts

Tan Kim Seng (simplified Chinese: 陈金声; traditional Chinese: 陳金聲; pinyin: Chén Jīn Shēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kim-seng; 1805-1864) was a prominent Peranakan merchant and philanthropist in Singapore in the 19th century.

Samuel Brooks Facts

Samuel Brooks (12 August 1793 – 7 June 1864) was an English cotton manufacturer and banker.

Anna Harrison Facts

Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison (July 25, 1775 – February 25, 1864), wife of President William Henry Harrison and grandmother of President Benjamin Harrison, was nominally First Lady of the United States during her husband’s one-month term in 1841, but

Adelaide Anne Procter Facts

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Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria Facts

Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Princess of Bavaria (1 April 1825, Florence – 26 April 1864, Munich) was the daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and his first wife Maria Anna of Saxony, and the wife of Luitpold, Prince Regent