Ernst Moritz Arndt

Ernst Moritz Arndt was a German nationalist historian, writer and poet. Early in his life, he fought for the abolition of serfdom, later against Napoleonic dominance over Germany. Arndt had to flee to Sweden for some time due to his anti-French positions. He is one of the main founders of German nationalism during the Napoleonic wars and the 19th century movement for German unification. After the Carlsbad Decrees, the forces of the restoration counted him as a demagogue.

26 December 1769

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Bazoline Estelle Usher • Damir Markota • David Sedaris • E. D. E. N. Southworth • Elizabeth Kostova • Elmar Muuk • Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor • Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm • Jean Toomer • Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah • Lars Ulrich • Noel Hunt • Olga Lopes-Seale • Ozzie Smith • Ragnhild Kaarbø • Ruud Kaiser

Born in the same month (December 1769): James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger