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Jul 17 James johnston pettigrew: Us attorney/confederate,  

Jul 18 William dorsey pender: Us confederate gen-mjr,  

Jul 22 Carl schuberth: Composer,  

Jul 26 Samuel houston: 1st pres of rep of texas (1836-38, 41-44),  

Jul 27 William lowndes yancey: American confederate leader (b. 1813)  

Jul 28 James deshler: Us confederate brig-general,  

Jul 29 Edward needle kirk: Us union brig-general,  

Jul 30 George crockett strong: Us union gen-mjr,  

Aug 05 Adolf friedrich hesse: Composer,  

Aug 08 Angus macaskill known as 'giant macaskill': Circus performer (b.1825)  

Aug 13 Eugène delacroix: French painter (b. 1798)  

Aug 14 Colin campbell: British officer (cawnpore),  

Aug 18 Thomas welsh: Us union brig-general (antietam),  

Aug 26 John buchanan floyd: Us min of war (1857-60)/confederate general,  

Sep 06 Lucius march walker: Confederate brig-general (in duel),  

Sep 17 Albartus telting: Fries poet/2nd-member of parliament,  

Sep 19 Preston smith: Us confederate brig-gen,  

Sep 20 Benjamin hardin helm: Us attorney/confederate brig-general,  

Oct 02 Justinus van de brugghen: Lawyer/minister of justice,  

Oct 04 Gerrit schimmelpenninck: Earl of nijenhuis/peckedam,  

Oct 21 Lambertus gc ledeboer: Dutch old-reformed vicar,  

Oct 31 Louis ludwig blenker: German/us brig-general (union),  

Nov 02 Theodore judah: American railroad engineer (b. 1826)  

Nov 13 Carnot posey: Confederate brig-generaal,  

Nov 15 Frederik vii: 1st constitutional king of denmark (childless),  

Nov 20 James bruce: Count of elgin & kincardine, governor jamaica,  

Nov 21 Joseph mayseder: Composer,  

Nov 24 Claudius charles wilson: Confederate brig-gen,  

Dec 13 Friedrich hebbel: Writer,  

Dec 22 Michael corcoran: Union brig-general,  

Dec 24 W m thackeray: Writer,  

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Jan 01 Aleko konstantinov: Bulgarian writer (to chicago & back)  

Jan 01 Pierre de coubertin: France, baron (revived olympic games)  

Jan 02 Lucia zarate: Became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)  

Jan 12 Vivekananda: Calcutta, hindu religious leader/reformer  

Jan 14 Pieter oosterlee: Dutch educator  

Jan 15 Adolph goldschmidt: German historian  

Jan 15 Wilhelm marx: Premier (prussia)  

Jan 17 David lloyd george: (l-pm-britain, 1916-22)