Died in 1842

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Died in 1842

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

James Barbour Politician 10-Jun-1775 7-Jun-1842 US Secretary of War, 1825-28

Sir Charles Bell Doctor Nov-1774 28-Apr-1842 New Idea of Anatomy of the Brain

Luigi Cherubini Composer 14-Sep-1760 15-Mar-1842 The Water Carrier

Grace Darling unspecified 24-Nov-1815 20-Oct-1842 Rescuer of wreck Forfarshire

William Hone Author 3-Jun-1780 6-Nov-1842 The Every-Day Book

Outerbridge Horsey Politician 5-Mar-1777 9-Jun-1842 US Senator from Delaware, 1810-21

Sir James Ivory Mathematician 17-Feb-1765 21-Sep-1842 Ivory's Theorem

Bernardo O'Higgins Head of State 20-Aug-1778 24-Oct-1842 Supreme Director of Chile, 1817-23

Henry Shrapnel Inventor 3-Jun-1761 13-Mar-1842 Explosive artillery shell

Robert Smith Government 3-Nov-1757 26-Nov-1842 US Secretary of the Navy, 1801-09

Samuel L. Southard Politician 9-Jun-1787 26-Jun-1842 US Senator from New Jersey, 1833-42

Stendhal Author 23-Jan-1793 23-Mar-1842 Le Rouge et le Noir

Letitia Tyler First Lady 12-Nov-1790 10-Sep-1842 First wife of US President John Tyler

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