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Jean Cabanis

German ornithologist (1816-1906)

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Born
March 8, 1816
Died
February 18, 1906
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1816

About Jean Cabanis

Jean Louis Cabanis was a German ornithologist. He worked at the bird collections of the Natural History Museum in Berlin becoming its first curator of birds in 1850. He founded the Journal für Ornithologie in 1853. He founded the Journal für Ornithologie in 1853, editing it for the next forty-one years, when he was succeeded by his son-in-law Anton Reichenow.

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Jean Cabanis timeline

  1. He founded the Journal für Ornithologie in 1853.
  2. He founded the Journal für Ornithologie in 1853, editing it for the next forty-one years, when he was succeeded by his son-in-law Anton Reichenow.

The world when Jean Cabanis was born

Jean Cabanis was born in 1816. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1816

  • Best-selling bookFrankenstein conceived during gloomy summer

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineYear Without a Summer — crop failures worldwide
  • Technology milestoneStethoscope invented by René Laennec
  • World population~980M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population8.5M

1816 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jean Cabanis's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18162026
Population8.5M341 million

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