1820s deaths

discoverer of tellurium

American inventor (1740–1824)

Chinese writer (1763-1810)

Cherokee Ghighau, or Beloved Woman, and warrior, introduced dairying to the Cherokee and advocating for the return of matriarchy

Iranian writer, translator and historian

Spanish explorer (1759–1829)

painter from Germany (1768-1826)

Burmese poet and minister

mezzotint engraver from Great Britain, born 1748 (1748–1808)

Iranian poet and writer (1765–1822)