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- Sheridan Le Fanu was born on 28 August 1814 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. Sheridan was a writer, known for Mystery and Imagination (1966), The Judge's House and Vampyr (1932). Sheridan was married to Susanna Bennett. Sheridan died on 7 February 1873 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland].
- Charity Barnum was born on 28 October 1808 in Bethel, Connecticut, USA. She was married to P.T. Barnum. She died on 19 November 1873.
- Thomas Oliphant was born on 25 December 1799 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland, UK. He died on 9 March 1873 in London, England, UK.
- Emile Gaboriau has been described both as the father of the detective novel and the Edgar Allan Poe of France. His fictional detective, Monsieur Lecoq, is thought to have been based on the "Mémoires" (1828-29) of Eugène-François Vidocq, a reformed petty criminal who helped establish the Police de Sûreté in Paris. Lecoq is considered a precursor of Sherlock Holmes. Gaboriau wrote 21 novels altogether.
- Alessandro Manzoni is one of Italy's most famous writer. His historical novel, I promessi sposi (The Betrothed), is one of the first written in Italy, somehow influenced by Walter Scott. He wrote three different versions of the novel, and for each he improved the use of the language in order to find a form that would not be too local, thus he is considered one of the fathers of modern Italian.
- Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte was born on 20 April 1808 in Paris, France. He was married to Eugénie de Montijo. He died on 9 January 1873 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK.
- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton was born on 25 May 1803 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Last Days of Pompeii (1959), In the Name of Love (1925) and The Last Days of Pompeii (1913). He was married to Rosina Doyle Wheeler. He died on 18 January 1873 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK.
- Charles M. Barras was born on 17 March 1808 in England, UK. Charles M. was a writer, known for The Black Crook (1916). Charles M. was married to Sallie St. Clair. Charles M. died on 31 March 1873 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
- David Livingstone was born on 19 March 1813 in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. David was a writer, known for Queen Victoria's Empire (2001) and Secrets of the Dead (2000). David was married to Mary Moffat. David died on 1 May 1873 in Ilala, Barotseland [now Zambia].
- Roderich Benedix was born on 21 January 1811 in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony [now Germany]. He was a writer, known for The Troublemaker (1933) and NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949). He was married to Leontine Paulmann and Maria Ludovica von Sommers. He died on 26 September 1873 in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony, Germany].
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Semyon Artemovsky was born on 16 February 1813 in Horodyshche, Ukraine. He was a writer and composer, known for Zaporozhets za Dunayem (1939), Zaporozhets za Dunayem (1953) and Zaporozhets za Dunayem (1937). He died on 17 April 1873 in Moscow, Russia.- Francesco Guerrazzi was born on 12 August 1804 in Livorno, Kingdom of Etruria [now Tuscany, Italy]. Francesco was a writer, known for L'assedio di Firenze (1975). Francesco died on 23 September 1873 in Cecina, Tuscany, Italy.
- Ernest Feydeau was born on 16 March 1821 in Paris, France. Ernest was a writer, known for Fanny Morgane oder Irgendwie muß das Glück ja heißen (1984). Ernest was married to Léocadie Bogaslawa Zelewska and Agnès-Octavie Blanqui. Ernest died on 29 October 1873 in Paris, France.
- Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine was born on 7 October 1870 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Confederation [now Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany]. He died on 29 May 1873 in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, German Empire [now Hesse, Germany].
- Fyodor Tyutchev was born on 5 December 1803 in Ovstug, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire [now Bryansk Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Mamochka (2015). He was married to Eleonore Peterson and Ernestine von Dörnberg. He died on 27 July 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.
- Francesco Dall'Ongaro was born on 19 June 1808 in Mansuè, Kingdom of Italy [now Veneto, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Il fornaretto di Venezia (1914), Il fornaretto di Venezia (1939) and La storia del fornaretto di Venezia (1952). He died on 10 January 1873 in Naples, Campania, Italy.
- Edward Fitzball was born in 1792 in Burwell, Cambridge, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Don Caesar de Bazan (1915). He died on 27 October 1873 in London, England, UK.