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Favorite writer of generations of Americans, Cooper was born on Tuesday, September 15th, 1789, and grew up on his family's huge wooded settlement, in Cooperstown, New York, which his father, William Cooper, a prominent Federalist, had founded before this son's birth. His days as a Yale student were cut short when he was expelled for misbehavior. He gamely joined the navy, earning the rank of midshipman. On New Year's Day, Tuesday, January 1st, 1811 he married Susan Augusta De Lancey, settling down and writing prolifically, politically, and prodigiously. Eventually he and his wife moved south to an estate in Scarsdale, New York, where he continued to write and publish his critical, thoughtful, and creative works. Cooper died at Cooperstown on Sunday, September 14th, 1851, one day shy of reaching sixty-two.

Friedrich Silcher was born on 27 June 1789 in Schnaith, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire [now Weinstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany]. He was married to Luise Enslin. He died on 26 August 1860 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Wolf Graf Baudissin was born on 30 January 1789 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Othello (1968), Troilus und Cressida (1964) and Der Misanthrop (1959). He died on 4 April 1878 in Dresden, Germany.

B.S. Ingemann was born on 28 March 1789 in Torkildstrup, Falster, Denmark. B.S. was a writer, known for The Hunt (2012), Valdemar Sejr (1910) and Her Little Majesty (1939). B.S. died on 24 February 1862 in Sorø, Denmark.

Hippolyte Bis was born on 29 August 1789 in Douai, France. He was a writer, known for Match Point (2005), Guillaume Tell: Royal Opera, London 2015 (2015) and Guillaume Tell (2013). He died on 3 March 1855 in Paris, France.