Who was born in 1778

Argentine general, politician, and soldier known as "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru" for his leadership in gaining South American independence from the Spanish Empire

Swiss botanist known for documenting hundreds of plant families and creating a new natural plant classification system

Chilean independence leader and military officer who served as the second Supreme Director of Chile, considered one of the nation's founding fathers

King of Holland (1806-1810), younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, and a prolific writer and historian

King of Sweden from 1792-1809, who was deposed in a coup and was the last Swedish monarch to rule Finland

French chemist and physicist renowned for his gas laws, the discovery of water's composition, and the degrees Gay-Lussac for measuring alcoholic strength