February 12, 1809
and Other 1809 Events and Historical Dates
The Age of Reason was closing. The Romantic Era was about to begin.
Electricity was still an item of wonder. Asteroids were a new discovery.
The American Revolutionary War had ended just 28 years earlier. Battles were waging throughout the African continent, Europe and the East.
Fashionable ladies wore empire waists and young men were Dandies.
And more than a few notable men were born.
Abraham Lincoln born February 12, 1809 - American Politician
Charles Darwin born February 12, 1809 - British Naturalist
Kit Carson, born December 24, 1809 - American Frontiersman
Other notable births from 1809.
- Hannibal Hamlin. Vice-president of the United States.
- Cyrus McCormick. Credited as the inventor of the Reaper, the first harvesting machine of its kind.
- Pierre Joseph Proudhon. The first Anarchist.
Notable Deaths from 1809
- Meriwether Lewis - of Lewis and Clark fame. death by suicide.
- Thomas Paine - American Revolutionary Writer and Propogandist. Author of "Common Sense", "The American Crisis" and "The Age of Reason."
Wow...
You sure know your history.
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Credits
- Wikipedia
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