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Composer, church organist, and early musicologist John Stafford Smith was born in March in 1750 in Gloucester, England. He was the son of church organist Martin Smith and was baptized in Gloucester Cathedral on March 30. Smith attended the Gloucester Cathedral School, where he was a boy singer. John was a choir boy at the Chapel Royal in London, England and studied under famous composer William Boyce. Smith was elected as a member of the select Anacreontic Society and composed the music for the society's constitutional song "To Anacreon in Heaven" (a.k.a. "The Anacreontic Song)." "To Anacreon in Heaven" was first published by The Vocal Magazine and was later adopted as the melody for the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner." John became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1784, an organist for the Chapel Royal in 1802, and a Master of the Children in 1805. Moreover, he was a lay-vicar of Westminster Abbey and the organist at the Three Choirs Festival held at Gloucester in 1790. In addition, Smith was a serious antiquarian and musicologist who collected works that dated back to the 12th century as well as manuscripts by noted composer Johann Sebastian Bach. His work "A Collection of English Song" was published in 1779. This was followed by the publication of "Musica Antiqua" in 1812. John died at age 86 on September 21, 1836 in London, England.- Aaron Burr was born on 6 February 1756 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He died on 14 September 1836 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, USA.
- He enjoyed a humanistic school education. Madison completed his studies in 1771 with a Bachelor of Arts. He showed particular interest in the new ideas of the time, the Enlightenment, with which he dealt intensively. He became politically active at an early age. In 1776 he was elected to the Virginia Convention, which advocated independence and a constitution. During the American Revolution he campaigned for the colonial resistance movement against Great Britain in Virginia. Here he met the governor and later President Thomas Jefferson, with whom he became lifelong friends. In 1780, James Madison was elected to the Continental Congress, where he advocated for a strong central government that would help complete American liberation. The planter was instrumental in the preparations for the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, where he drafted the so-called "Virginia Plan" in May 1787.
In it, Madison advocated for a strong national central government that would guarantee personal freedoms, party diversity, and federal freedoms. With this model of a balanced party system that should lead to a mutual sharing of power, Madison founded the basic principle of the republican system of government in the USA. From 1789 to 1797, Madison represented Virginia in Congress. In 1794 he married Dolley Payne Todd. After supporting the presidential campaign of his friend Thomas Jefferson, Madison was appointed Secretary of State when he took office in 1801. In the election campaign of 1808, Madison himself was elected fourth president of the United States. Although he became embroiled in war with Great Britain on June 18, 1812, Madison was re-elected to a second term that same year.
The war with Great Britain was initially very disadvantageous for the USA. In 1814, Madison watched as the Capitol and White House were set ablaze by British troops. Nevertheless, the President was able to end the war with an advantageous peace agreement within the end of the year. A hugely popular leader, Madison left the office of president in March 1817. In the coming years he assisted Jefferson in planning the University of Virginia. He acted as an advisor to the next President James Monroe. In 1829, Madison officially returned to political life to attend the Virginia Constitutional Convention. He then withdrew into private life as a quiet observer of politics.
James Madison died on June 28, 1836 in Montpelier, Virginia. - Music Department
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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was born on 10 May 1760 in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France. Claude Joseph is known for Allied (2016), The Words (2012) and Stalker (1979). Claude Joseph died on 26 June 1836 in Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, France.- Writer
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Ferdinand Raimund was born on 1 June 1790 in Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire [now Austria]. He was a writer, known for Personal Shopper (2016), Ihr größter Erfolg (1934) and Der Verschwender (1917). He died on 5 September 1836 in Pottenstein, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire [now Austria].- William Godwin was born on 3 March 1756 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Caleb Williams (1980). He was married to Wollstonecraft, Mary. He died on 7 April 1836 in London, England, UK.
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Maria Malibran was born on 24 March 1808 in Paris, France. She is known for Cecilia Bartoli: The Barcelona Concert (2008). She was married to Charles-Auguste de Bériot and François Eugène Malibran. She died on 23 September 1836 in Manchester, England, UK.- Antoine-Jean Gros was born on 16 March 1771 in Paris, France. Antoine-Jean died on 25 June 1836 in Meudon, France.
- Karel Hynek Mácha was a Czech romantic poet. Mácha grew up in Prague, the son of a foreman at a mill. He learned Latin and German in school. He went on to study law at Prague University; during that time he also became involved in theatre (as an actor he first appeared in Jan Nepomuk Stepánek's play Czech and German in July 1832 in Benesov), where he met Eleonora Somková, with whom he had a son out of wedlock. He was fond of travel, enjoying trips into the mountains, and was an avid walker. Eventually he moved to Litomerice, a quiet town some 60 km from Prague, to prepare for law school exams and to write poetry. Three days before he was to be married to Somková, just a few weeks after he had begun working as a legal assistant, Mácha overexerted himself while helping to extinguish a fire and soon thereafter died of pneumonia. The day after his death had been scheduled as his wedding day in Prague.
- Christian Dietrich Grabbe was born on 11 December 1801 in Detmold, Lippe, Holy Roman Empire [now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Don Juan et Faust (1922), Teatro de siempre (1966) and Faust (1994). He was married to Louise Christina Clostermeier. He died on 12 September 1836 in Detmold, Lippe, Germany].