Born in 1785

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Born in 1785

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John James Audubon Naturalist 26-Apr-1785 27-Jan-1851 Illustrated Birds of America

William Beaumont Doctor 21-Nov-1785 25-Apr-1853 Observed human digestion

Sir William Cubitt Engineer 1785 13-Oct-1861 British civil engineer

Thomas De Quincey Author 15-Aug-1785 8-Dec-1859 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

James Pollard Espy Scientist 9-May-1785 24-Jan-1860 The Philosophy of Storms

Henry Hardinge Military 30-Mar-1785 24-Sep-1856 Governor-General of India, 1844-48

William Jackson Hooker Botanist 6-Jul-1785 12-Aug-1865 British Jungermanniae

Leonard Horner Geologist 17-Jan-1785 5-Mar-1864 Scottish geologist, educator

Louis XVII Royalty 27-Mar-1785 8-Jun-1795 Dauphin, Titular King of France

Alessandro Manzoni Poet 7-Mar-1785 22-May-1873 I Promessi Sposi

John McLean Judge 11-Mar-1785 4-Apr-1861 US Supreme Court Justice, 1829-61

Thomas Love Peacock Novelist 18-Oct-1785 23-Jan-1866 Nightmare Abbey

Jean-Charles-Athanase Peltier Physicist 22-Feb-1785 27-Oct-1845 Peltier Effect

Oliver Hazard Perry Military 23-Aug-1785 23-Aug-1819 Won the Battle of Lake Erie

Shaka Zulu Military c. 1785 23-Sep-1828 King of the Zulu, 1816-28

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