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1825 deaths
- Barbara KrafftMaria Barbara Krafft entered the world on the 1st of April 1764 in Iglau. This town now bears the name Jihlava and sits within the borders of modern Czech…
- Ferdinand I of the Two SiciliesFerdinand was born in Naples on the 12th of January 1751. He grew up amidst monuments erected by his father, including the Palaces of Portici, Caserta and…
- Abraham ReesAbraham Rees entered the world in 1743 within Llanbrynmair, a village nestled in Montgomeryshire. His father Lewis Rees served as an independent minister at…
- Alexander I of RussiaAt 10:45 on the 23rd of December 1777, a baby named Alexander Pavlovich drew his first breath inside the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg.
- Jacques-Louis DavidJacques-Louis David was born on the 30th of August 1748 into a prosperous family in Paris. When he was about nine years old, his father died in a duel.
- Pauline BonapartePaula Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese entered the world on the 20th of October 1780 in Ajaccio, Corsica. She was the sixth child of Letizia Ramolino and…
- Eli WhitneyEli Whitney Jr. arrived in the world on the 8th of December 1765, within a quiet town called Westborough, Massachusetts. His father Eli Whitney Sr.
- Henry FuseliHenry Fuseli was born on the 7th of February 1741 in Zürich. He grew up as the second child among eighteen siblings. His father Johann Caspar Füssli worked…
- Antonio SalieriAntonio Salieri was born on the 18th of August 1750 in the town of Legnago, located south of Verona within the Republic of Venice.
- Vladimir BorovikovskyVladimir Lukich Borovikovsky entered the world on the 24th of July 1757 in Mirgorod. This town sat within the Cossack Hetmanate of the Russian Empire.