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Thomas Moore was born on 28 May 1779 in Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland [now Ireland]. He was a writer, known for The Ladykillers (1955), The Other Guys (2010) and Gettysburg (1993). He died on 25 February 1852 in Wiltshire, England, UK.- Music Department
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Francis Scott Key was born to Ann Phoebe Penn Dogworthy and Captain James Ross Key at the family plantation Terra Rubra on August 1, 1779 in Frederick, Maryland. His father was a lawyer, judge, and officer in the Continental Army and his great grandparents Philip Key and Susanna Barton Gardiner where both born in England and immigrated to America in 1726. Francis graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis in 1796. During the War of 1812 Key was on board the British ship HMS Tomnant; he witnessed the bombarding of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore on the night of September 13-14, 1814. When the smoke cleared Francis saw an American flag still waving and was inspired to write the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry." This poem was first published in the Patriot on September 20, 1814. It was subsequently set to the melody of composer John Stafford Smith's composition "To Anacreon in Heaven" and has gone on to be internationally known as "The Star-Spangled Banner." "The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the American anthem by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and further confirmed as such by a Congressional resolution signed by President Herbert Hoover in 1931. Moreover, the stanza "In God is Our Trust" was adopted as the national motto by law in 1956. From 1817 to 1843 Key served as the Vice President of the American Bible Society. In 1832 he served as the attorney for Congressman Sam Houston during his trial in the U.S. House of Representatives for assaulting another Congressman. Francis published a prose work entitled "The Power of Literature and Its Connection to Religion" in 1834. In 1835 Francis prosecuted Richard Lawrence for his unsuccessful attempt at assassinating President Andrew Jackson. He was married to Mary "Polly" Tayloe Lloyd and was the father of nine children. Key died of pleurisy at age 63 on January 11, 1843 in Baltimore, Maryland.- The Eton and Cambridge-educated William Lamb was called to the bar in 1804. He took his seat in the House of Commons in 1805, and married Caroline Ponsonby, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough, that June 3rd. Her grandfather, the 1st Earl Spencer, was the 6th great-grandfather of Princess Diana.
After 2 miscarriages, Caroline gave birth to a son, George Augustus Frederick, on August 28, 1807. Tragically, was he epileptic and mentally handicapped. But instead of placing him in an asylum, as other couples of their rank would have done, Lamb and Caroline cared for him themselves. George died in 1836.
Despite the heartbreak of George's condition and the loss of their daughter, who died 24 hours after she was born, the pair were happy. Then Caroline met Lord Byron in 1812 at a party she was hosting. Although she famously noted in her diary later that evening that he was "mad, bad, and dangerous to know", she soon succumbed to the notorious libertine, and remained obsessed by him after he broke with her. An exasperated Byron eventually sought help from Lady Melbourne, who launched a very-public campaign to rid her son of his wife. It was Caroline who finally prevailed upon Lamb to agree to a formal separation, nine years after Byron left England for good. Lamb undertook the perilous voyage from Ireland to his family's estate to be with Caroline before she died on January 25, 1828; he never remarried. Upon his father's death that July 23rd, he was styled 2nd Viscount Melbourne, of Kilmore in the County of Cavan. He became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on April 18, 1835.
In 1836, the husband of socialite Caroline Norton attempted to blackmail him. When Lamb refused to pay out, Norton accused him of being Caroline's lover. Owing to his reputation for integrity, not only did Lamb's government not fall, King William and the Duke of Wellington urged him to stay on. He was ultimately vindicated; however, Caroline's reputation was ruined, and their friendship was destroyed.
In June 1837, the now-58-year-old Lamb became the then-18-year-old Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister. His foreign secretary Lord Palmerston's obsession with British identity was a thorn in Lamb's side, and Ireland was a constant worry. Conservative and cautious, he had mastered the art of doing next to nothing. Biographer Dorothy Marshall noted: "Lamb's capacity to do absolutely nothing unless driven, and then do as little as possible, was a definite asset". Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert effectively ended Lamb's role as her advisor and mentor. Trouble between British and French settlers in Canada and unrest in Jamaica as a result of his decision to abolish slavery were his undoing. When his majority fell to just four, he resigned on August 30, 1841.
Lamb died on November 24, 1848. Melbourne, Australia is named for him. - Writer
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Born in 1779 in Copenhagen, Adam Oehlenschläger was one of Denmark's most prominent poets of the early 1800s and was a leader of the Romantic movement in that country. He was heavily influenced by Norse myths and released his first volume of poetry in 1802 - entitled Digte (Poems). His works include St. John's Eve Play (1803); the historical works Earl Hakon (1807), Baldur the Good (1808) and Axel and Valborg (1809). Other important works include the tragedy Correggio (1811) and the fantasy Aladdin of the Wonderful Lamp (1820).- Writer
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Clement Moore was born on 15 July 1779 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Lance's Crappy Christmas (2021), The Night Before Christmas (1912) and Mission Rejected (2019). He was married to Catherine Taylor. He died on 10 July 1863 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.- Music Department
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Johan Olof Wallin was born on 15 October 1779 in Dalarna, Sweden. Johan Olof is known for Charlotte Löwensköld (1930), The Varmlanders (1932) and Miss Julie (1951). Johan Olof died on 30 June 1839 in Uppsala, Sweden.