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Strong Arm Contest at Oktoberfest in 2009[/caption]
In the year 1810, Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria (Mar 11), Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise (Apr 27), Colombia declares its independence from Spain (Jul 20), Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden (Aug 21), Munich in Bavaria, Germany holds its first Oktoberfest (Oct 12), the United States annexes West Florida from Spain (Oct 27) - and all these fine people were born:
1810-xxxx John Kirby Allen* politician/co-founder of the city of Houston - Sullivan, NY USA (1838/27) 1810-0112 Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies* son of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies/had the first railway in Italy built - Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily (1859/49) 1810-0129 Mary Whitwell Hale* teacher/school founder/hymn writer - Boston, MA USA (1862/52) 1810-0129 Ernst Kummer* mathematician - Sorau, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire (1893/83) 1810-0131 1810-0205 Ole Bornemann Bull* virtuoso violinist/ composer - Bergen, Denmark-Norway (1880/70) 1810-0208 Éliphas Lévi Zahed* (b Alphonse Louis Constant) esotericist/poet/writer - Paris, French Empire (1875/65) 1810-0228 1810-0301 Frédéric Chopin* composer - Zélazowa Wola, Poland (1849/39) 1810-0330 Julius Immanuel Bergh* vicar/theologian - Suonenjoki, GD of Finland (1878/67) 1810-0405 Wilhelm von Wright* painter/naturalist - Kuopio, GD of Finland (1887/77) 1810-0408 Hégésippe Moreau* (b Pierre-Jacques Roulliot) poet - Paris, French Empire (1838/28) 1810-0430 1810-0523 Margaret Fuller* journalist/ critic - Cambridgeport, MA USA (1850/40) 1810-0524 Abraham Geiger* rabbi/scholar - Frankfurt, GD of Frankfurt (1874/64) 1810-0608 Robert Schumann* composer/music critic - Germany (1856/46) 1810-0609 Otto Nicolai* German composer/conductor/one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic - Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia (1849/38) 1810-0630 1810-0705 P.T. Barnum* show business millionaire - Bethel, CT USA (1891/80) 1810-0715 Johann Löwenthal* chess master - Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (1876/66) 1810-0810 Camillo Benso* Count of Cavour/Italian statesman/leading figure in the unification of Italy - Turin, French Empire (1861/50) 1810-0824 Theodore Parker* transcendentalist/ abolitionist - Lexington, MA USA ( 860/49) 1810-0829 Juan Bautista Alberdi* Argentine politician - San Miguel de Tucumán, The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1884/73) 1810-0902 Eva Vilhelmina Mannerheim* (b von Schantz) countess/ grandmother of the 6th Finnish president - GD of Finland (1895/84) 1810-0903 Ferdinand Philippe* Duke of Orléans/son of King Louis Philippe I of France - Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily (1842/31) 1810-0910 1810-0924 Evert Julius Bonsdorff* anatomist/zoologist/archiater - Turku, GD of Finland (1898/87) 1810-1008 James W. Marshall* carpenter/California Gold Rush initiator - Hopewell Township, NJ USA (1885/74) 1810-1012 Uno Cygnaeus* clergyman/educator - Hämeenlinna, GD of Finland (1888/77) 1810-1019 Cassius Marcellus Clay* planter/ politician/abolitionist - Madison County, KY USA (1903/92) 1810-1101 1810-1107 Ferenc Erkel* pianist/ composer/conductor - Gyula, Kingdom of Hungary (1893/82) 1810-1113 William Avery Rockefeller* businessman/father of the Rockefeller clan - Ancram, NY USA (1906/95) 1810-1116 Iisakki Susannanpoika Linnusmaa** (b Mustalampi) father of Susanna Liinusmaa - Jalasjärvi, GD of Finland (unknown) 1810-1120 1810-1130 Oliver Winchester* founder of Winchester Rifles - Boston, MA USA (1880/70) 1810-1210 Michael Diversey* German-American beer brewer/ philanthropist/ Chicago alderman - Illingen, Saarland (1869/59) 1810-1211 Alfred de Musset* dramatist/poet/novelist - Paris, French Empire (1857/46) 1810-1224 Wilhelm Marstrand* Danish painter/illustrator - Copenhagen, Denmark-Norway (1873/62) 1810-0 1810-0 1810-0 Updated 2025-0124 Helsinki Search for another year here