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1788 births
- Lord ByronGeorge Gordon Byron entered the world on the 22nd of January 1788 on Holles Street in London. His birthplace now sits beneath a branch of the department…
- Thomas Blanchard (inventor)Thomas Blanchard was born on the 24th of June 1788 in Sutton, Massachusetts. He grew up with a deep love for mechanical work and often worked alongside his…
- Felice RomaniGiuseppe Felice Romani entered the world on the 31st of January 1788 within a bourgeois family in Genoa. He pursued studies in law and literature at both…
- Charles de SteubenCharles de Steuben stood at the ducal court in Weimar as a fourteen-year-old Page during the summer of 1802. He had traveled from Saint Petersburg with Grand…