(d. 1922) 1834 – Frank R. Stockton, American writer and humorist (d. 1902) 1835 – Vítězslav Hálek, Czech poet, writer, journalist, dramatist and theatre critic. (d. 1874) 1837 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (d. 1909) 1839 – Robert Smalls, African-American ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician (d. 1915) 1840 – Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (d. 1911) 1842 – Hans Hildebrand, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1913) 1845 – Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, German anatomist and histopathologist (d. 1919) 1845 – Jules Cambon, French diplomat (d. 1935) 1846 – Sigmund Exner, Austrian physiologist (d. 1926) 1846 – Henry Wellesley, British peer and politician (d. 1900) 1848 – Thure de Thulstrup, American illustrator (d. 1930) 1848 – Ulrich Wille, Swiss army general (d. 1925) 1850 – Enrico Mazzanti, Italian engineer and cartoonist (d. 1910) 1852 – Émile Billard, French sailor (d. 1930) 1852 – Walter W. Winans, American marksman and sculptor (d. 1920) 1852 – Franz Eckert, German composer and musician (d. 1916) 1856 – Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, essayist and historian (d. 1915) 1857 – Alexander of Battenberg (d. 1893) 1858 – Washington Atlee Burpee, Canadian businessman, founded Burpee Seeds (d. 1915) 1859 – Reinhold Seeberg, German theologian (d. 1935) 1860 – Harry S. Barlow, British tennis player (d. 1917) 1862 – Louis Ganne, French conductor (d. 1923) 1862 – Leo Stern, English cellist (d. 1904) 1863 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950) 1867 – Ernest Lewis, British tennis player (d. 1930) 1869 – Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1942) 1869 – Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937) 1870 – Motobu Chōki, Japanese karateka (d. 1944) 1871 – Stanisław Grabski, Polish economist and politician (d. 1949) 1872 – Samuel Cate Prescott, American microbiologist and chemist (d. 1962) 1873 – Joseph Rheden, Austrian astronomer (d. 1946) 1874 – Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French Cardinal of the Catholic Church (d. 1949) 1874 – Manuel María Ponce Brousset, President of Peru (d. 1966) 1878 – Albert Champion, French cyclist (d. 1927) 1878 – Georg Misch, German philosopher (d. 1965) 1878 – Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (d. 1964) 1879 – Arthur Berriedale Keith, Scottish lawyer (d. 1944) 1879 – Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, German naval officer and author (d. 1956) 1880 – Eric Carlberg, Swedish Army officer, diplomat, shooter, fencer and modern pentathlete (d. 1963) 1880 – Vilhelm Carlberg, Swedish Army officer and shooter