Daily Facts about 1809

1809

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States and a key figure in the American Civil War, is born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky.

1809

Edgar Allan Poe, the renowned American writer famous for his macabre and Gothic stories, is born in Boston, Massachusetts.

1809

Louis Braille, the creator of the Braille system for the blind, is born in Coupvray, France, revolutionizing communication for the visually impaired.