Born in 1798

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Born in 1798

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

William Apess Author 31-Jan-1798 Apr-1839 A Son of the Forest

Levi Coffin Activist 28-Oct-1798 16-Sep-1877 Helped thousands of slaves to freedom

Auguste Comte Sociologist 19-Jan-1798 5-Sep-1857 Positivist founder of Sociology

Isaac da Costa Poet 14-Jan-1798 28-Apr-1860 De Verlossing van Nederland

Eugène Delacroix Painter 26-Apr-1798 13-Aug-1863 19th century French painter

John Adams Dix Politician 24-Jul-1798 21-Apr-1879 Governor of New York, 1873-75

Abigail Fillmore First Lady 13-Mar-1798 30-Mar-1853 Wife of US President Millard Fillmore

Karl von Holtei Poet 24-Jan-1798 12-Feb-1880 German proto-Vaudevillian

Jacques Jasmin Poet 6-Mar-1798 4-Oct-1864 Provençal poet

Anson Jones Politician 20-Jan-1798 9-Jan-1858 President of Texas, committed suicide

Giacomo Leopardi Poet 29-Jun-1798 14-Jun-1837 Despairing Italian classical poet

Macedonio Melloni Physicist 11-Apr-1798 11-Aug-1854 Diathermancy

Jules Michelet Historian 21-Aug-1798 9-Feb-1874 Histoire de France

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