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Pieter G van Overstraten governor-general of Neth-Indies
Friedrich H von der Hagen German germanist (Nibelungenlied)
Richard McCarty American politician (d. 1844)
Charles de LEcluse Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
Melchior Klesl Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
Pieter de Carpentier Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies
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Wilhelm Matthias Naeff Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky German physician (d. 1878)
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Mark Prager Lindo EnglishDutch authornovelistwriter
Francis Preston Blair Jr (Rep-Missouri) born in Lexington Kentucky (d. 1875)
Charles Robert Woods American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Newark Ohio (d. 1855)
Adelina Patti opera soprano (Lucio) born in Madrid Spain
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Aritius S Talma Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)
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Louis Francois-Marie Aubert French composer (Habanera)
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Armin Knab German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)
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