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Blessing the flag of Revolution in 1821[/caption]
In the year 1821, the revolutionary Greek flag is raised at Agia Lavra, marking the looming independence from the Ottoman Empire - later celebrated as the Greek Independence Day (Mar 25), Napoleon dies in exile on Saint Helena (May 5), the United States takes possession of Florida, the territory bought from Spain (Jul 10), the Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time (Aug 4), the world’s first geographical society is established in Paris, France (Dec 15), Spain loses many of its South American colonies during the year 1821 - and all these fine people were born:
1821-0102 Catherine Huggins* “Mrs H.H.Foley” actress/singer/ director active in New Zealand - Louth, Lincolnshire, England (1887/66) 1821-0103 Fredrik Magnus von Kohl* general in the Russian Imperial Army - Viipuri, GD of Finland (1893/72) 1821-0108 James Longstreet* Confederate generals in the American Civil War - Edgefield District, SC USA (1904/82) 1821-0110 Albert Ehrensvärd the older* nobleman/ civil servant/politician - Björkö, Sweden (1901/80) 1821-0117 Ossian B. Hart* lawyer/ Governor of Florida - Jacksonville, Florida (1874/53) 1821-0131 Gustaf Robert Ehrnrooth* lieutenant general - Loviisa, GD of Finland (1911/90) 1821-0201 1821-0203 Elizabeth Blackwell* first American female physician - Bristol, England (1910/89) 1821-0211 Auguste Mariette* archaelogist/ egyptologist/founder of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities in Cairo - Boulogne-sur-Mer, France (1881/59) 1821-0219 August Schleicher* German linguist - Meiningen, in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (1868/47) 1821-0301 1821-0310 1821-0312 Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria* de facto ruler of Bavaria - Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (1912/91) 1821-0319 Richard Francis Burton* explorer/orientalist/ linguist/etc - Torquay, Devon, England (1890/69) 1821-0320 1821-0321 Priscilla Lydia Sellon* founder of an Anglican women’s order - Hampstead, England (1876/55) 1821-0331 1821-0403 Pelham Dale* ritualist priest/mystic - Greenwich, London, England (1892/71) 1821-0409 Charles Baudelaire* poet/translator - Paris, France (1867/46) 1821-0415 J. G. Leistenius* teacher/ journalist/poet - Suoniemi, GD of Finland (1858/36) 1821-0504 Adolf Lindman* prison chaplain/ historian/collector - Turku, GD of Finland (1874/53) 1821-0508 William Henry Vanderbilt* businessman/ philanthropist - New Brunswick, NJ USA (1885/64) 1821-0616 John Chapman* publisher - Nottingham, England (1894/73) 1821-0616 Old Tom Morris* golf player - St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland (1908/86) 1821-0701 1821-0708 Maria White Lowell* (b White) poet/ abolitionist - Watertown, MA USA (1853/32) 1821-0708 W. H. L. Wallace* lawyer/Union general in the American Civil War - Urbana OH USA (1862/40) 1821-0716 Mary Baker Eddy* founder of Christian Science - Bow, NH USA (1910/89) 1821-0717 Friedrich Engelhorn* industrialist/founder of BASF - Mannheim, German Empire (1902) 1821-0804 Louis Vuitton* fashion designer/ businessman - Anchay, Jura, France (1892/70) 1821-0831 Hermann von Helmholtz* physician/physicist - Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (1894/73) 1821-0909 George McDougall* Methodist missionary/helped native tribes to deal with the Canadian government - Kingston, Upper Canada (1876/54) 1821-1011 George Williams* philanthropist/ founder of the YMCA - Dulverton, Somerset, England (1905/84) 1821-1111 Fyodor Dostoyevsky* author/ philosopher - Moscow, Russian Empire (1881/59) 1821-1212 Gustave Flaubert* novelist - Rouen, France (1880/58) 1821-1225 Clara Barton* founder of the American Red Cross - North Oxford, MA USA (1912/90) 1821-0 1821-0 1821-0 Updated 2025-0223 Helsinki Search for another year here