Born in 1792

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Born in 1792

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Karl Ernst von Baer Biologist 29-Feb-1792 28-Nov-1876 De Ovi Mammalium

James G. Birney Activist 4-Feb-1792 25-Nov-1857 Abolitionist Liberty Party candidate

Sir John Bowring Author 17-Oct-1792 23-Nov-1872 4th Governor of Hong Kong

William Burke Criminal 1792 28-Jan-1829 Cheap cadavers for science

Colin Campbell Military 20-Oct-1792 24-Aug-1863 Commander-in-chief of India

George Cruikshank Artist 27-Sep-1792 1-Feb-1878 English caricaturist

George M. Dallas Politician 10-Jul-1792 31-Dec-1864 Vice President under James Knox Polk

Charles Grandison Finney Religion 29-Aug-1792 16-Aug-1875 Second Awakening

John Herschel Astronomer 7-Mar-1792 11-May-1871 Discovered many moons of Saturn

William Howitt Author 18-Dec-1792 3-Mar-1879 The Book of the Seasons

Edward Irving Religion 4-Aug-1792 7-Dec-1834 Holy Catholic Apostolic Church

John Smoke Johnson Politician 2-Dec-1792 26-Aug-1886 Mohawk Chief of the Six Nations

Pope Pius IX Religion 13-May-1792 7-Feb-1878 Declared himself infallible

Gioacchino Rossini Composer 29-Feb-1792 13-Nov-1868 William Tell Overture

Percy Bysshe Shelley Poet 4-Aug-1792 8-Jul-1822 Prometheus Unbound

Thaddeus Stevens Politician 4-Apr-1792 11-Aug-1868 Republican Reconstruction leader

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