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Sheridan Le Fanu was born on 28 August 1814 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. Sheridan was a writer, known for Mystery and Imagination (1966), The Judge's House and Vampyr (1932). Sheridan was married to Susanna Bennett. Sheridan died on 7 February 1873 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland].

Mikhail Lermontov was born in 1814 into an aristocratic Russian family and grew up in a trilingual environment. His ancestor was the Scottish Knight George Lermont, who came to Russia in 1613 and served the Tsar. Lermontov's grandmother hired a Frenchman, named Jean, who became a servant to the young poet. In addition his nanny was German. His mother died when he was 2 years old, and his grandmother took him away from his father. Lermontov graduated from a boarding school for the sons of the nobility in Moscow, where he studied English literature.

At age 14 he wrote "The prisoner of the Caucasus" and other early poems in the vein of Lord Byron and Shelly. From 1828-32 he studied at Moscow University. From 1832-34 he was a cadet at the Emperor's School of Cavalry Guards in St. Petersburg, from which he graduated as an Officer of the Imperial Cavalry Guards. At that time her wrote "Borodino", dedicated to the 1812 victory over Napoleon.

Lermontov was stunned by the duel and death of Alexander Pushkin and accused the autocratic Tsar Nicholas I and his "greedy throng around the Throne" in the "murder of the Genius". Arrested and exiled to the war in the mountains of Caucasus, he distinguished himself in battles and returned to the capital of St. Petersburg as a celebrity. His disillusionment in the aristocratic milieu, and his indignant observations of the Metropolitan vanity fair, occasioned his drama, "Masquerade".

His duel with a French diplomat led to his second exile to the war in the Caucasus. In 1839 he finished his first and only novel "A Hero of Our Time" with a prophetic rendition of a duel which paralleled the end of his own life in July 1841. That duel was possibly the work of the Tsar's conspiracy against yet another rebellious genius. Lermontov's dexterous command of language shines in such masterpieces as "The Cliff", "Prophet", "The Dream". His sacrilegious "Demon", about an angel who falls in love with a mortal woman, inspired Anton Rubinstein on writing a lush opera. Boris Pasternak was influenced by Lermontov's mellifluent lines, and Vladimir Nabokov imitated the structural patterns of "The Hero of Our Time".

Taras Shevchenko was born on 9 March 1814 in Moryntsi, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Nazar Stodolya (1955), Toloka (2020) and Nazar Stodolya (1937). He died on 10 March 1861 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia].

Mrs. Henry Wood was born on 17 January 1814 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Ex-Flame (1930), East Lynne (1931) and East Lynne (1913). She was married to Henry Wood. She died on 10 February 1887 in London, England, UK.

Edwin McMasters Stanton was an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory. However, he was criticized by many Union generals, who perceived him as overcautious and micromanaging.He also organized the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. After Lincoln's assassination, Stanton remained as the Secretary of War under the new US president, Andrew Johnson, during the first years of Reconstruction. He opposed the lenient policies of Johnson towards the former Confederate States. Johnson's attempt to dismiss Stanton ultimately led to Johnson being impeached by the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives. Stanton returned to law after he retired as Secretary of War. In 1869, he was nominated as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by Johnson's successor, Ulysses S. Grant, but Stanton died four days after his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.

Lõrinc Tóth was born on 17 December 1814 in Komárom, Hungary. Lõrinc was a writer, known for Musical TV Theater (1970). Lõrinc died on 17 March 1903 in Budapest, Hungary.

Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg was born on 8 September 1814 in Bourbourg, Nord, France. He died on 8 January 1874 in Nice, France.

Béni Egressy was born on 21 April 1814 in Sajókazinc, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Musical TV Theater (1970) and Bánk bán (2002). He died on 17 July 1851 in Pest, Hungary.

Ede Szigligeti was born on 8 March 1814 in Váradolaszi, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Liliomfi (1915), A szökött katona (1915) and A csikós (1917). He died on 19 January 1878 in Budapest, Hungary.

Louis Buvelot was born on 3 March 1814 in Morges, Switzerland. Louis is known for Australian Landscape Artists (1961). Louis died on 30 May 1888 in Victoria, Australia.

Zsigmond Kemény was born on 12 June 1814 in Alvinc, Hungary [now Vintul de Jos, Romania]. He was a writer, known for Özvegy és leánya (1983). He died on 22 December 1875 in Pusztakamarás, Hungary [now Camarasu, Romania].

Charles Reade was born on 8 June 1814 in Ipsden, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Lyons Mail (1931), Christie Johnstone (1921) and The Cloister and the Hearth (1913). He died on 11 April 1884 in London, England, UK.