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Gents Hobby Horse from 1818 in British Museum (uploaded by ObjectWiki user Ian.wilkes)[/caption]
In the year 1817, James Monroe is sworn is as the 5th U.S. President (Mar 4), German inventor Karl Drais drives his dandy horse (without pedals), the forerunner of the bicycle (Jun 12), the future museum ship, the frigate HMS Trincomalee, is launched in Bombay (Oct 17), the independent government of Venezuela is established by Simón Bolívar (Oct 30), the first Seminole War begins in Florida (Nov 20), the first cholera pandemic originates in Bengal - and all these fine people were born:
1817-0101 Paavo Eliaanpoika Turtia** father of Maria Paavontytär Aspinen - Tervajärvi, Turtia, Viipuri mlk GD of Finland (unknown) 1817-0110 1817-0120 1817-0130 1817-0131 1817-0219 William III of the Netherlands* King from 1848 - Palace of the Nation, Brussels, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1890/73) 1817-0223 Anders Ferdinand Thoreld* mountain expert - Lapinjärvi, GD of Finland (1892/75) 1817-0304 Edwards Pierrepont* attorney/orator - North Haven, CT USA (1892/75) 1817-0307 Matti Pohto* bookbinder/book collector/major contributor to the Finnish National Library - Isokyrö, GD of Finland (1857/40)-a 1817-0322 Braxton Bragg* Confederate States Army officer - Warrenton, NC USA (1876/59) 1817-0515 Debendranath Tagore* Hindu philosopher/religious reformer - Calcutta, Bengal Presidency (1905/87) 1817-0612 Lothar von Faber* entrepreneur /Faber-Castell- Stein, Bavaria, Prussia (1896/79) 1817-0618 Franz Anton Schiefner* Baltic German linguist/ tibetologist/ translator of Finland’s national epic Kalevala - Reval, Estonia, Russian Empire (1879/62) 1817-0626 Branwell Brontë* painter/writer/brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne - Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1848/31) 1817-0708 Carl Johan Bergman* school teacher/ writer/politician - Visby, Sweden (1895/77) 1817-0712 François-Amilcar Aran* physician/the first to describe a disorder he named “progressive muscular atrophy” (a form of ALS) - Bordeaux, Kingdom of France (1861/43) 1817-0712 Henry David Thoreau* essayist/philosopher/abolitionist - Concord, MA USA (1862/44) 1817-0801 1817-0823 Emily Chubbuck* teacher/ writer - Eaton, NY USA (1854/36) 1817-0825 Marie-Eugénie de Jésus* canonized nun - Metz, Kingdom of France (1898/80) 1817-0827 1817-0829 John Leech* caricaturist/illustrator - London, England (1864/47) 1817-0901 1817-0905 Aleksey K. Tolstoy* writer/playwright/second cousin of Leo Tolstoy - Saint Petersburg, Russia (1875/58) 1817-0906 Helga de la Brache* (b Magnusson) con artist - Stockholm, Sweden (1885/67) 1817-0907 Louise of Hesse-Kassel* Queen of Denmark by marriage - Kassel, Electorate of Hesse, Imperial Confederate of Germany (1898/81) 1817-0914 Theodor Storm* German writer - Husum, Duchy of Schleswig, Kingdom of Denmark (1888/70) 1817-0920 1817-0930 Leontine Castrén* (b Reuter) pietist/speaker in tongues - Oravainen, GD of Finland (1895/78) 1817-1004 Lord Augustus Loftus* British diplomat/colonial administrator/ Governor of New South Wales - England (1904/86) 1817-1005 Catherine Cooper Hopley* author/ governess/artist - Whitstable, Kent, England (1911/93) 1817-1010 C.H.D. Buys Ballot* chemist/meteorologist - Kloetinge, Netherlands (1890/72) 1817-1023 James W. Denver* lawyer/soldier/politician - Winchester, VA USA (1892/74) 1817-1130 Theodor Mommsen* writer/historian/politician/N - Garding, Schleswig (1903/85) 1817-1210 Alexander Wood* physician/co-inventor of the first true hypodermic syringe - Cupar, Fife, Scotland (1884/66) 1817-0 1817-0 1817-0 Updated 2025-0324 Helsinki Search for another year here