1991 Death Horatio Luro, U.S. horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90 1979 Death Richard Hearne, actor (Captain Horatio Hornblower), dies at 70 1978 Death Denis O'Dea, actor (Captain Horatio Hornblower), dies at 73 1966 Death Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66 1963 Event Horatio Alger Society founded 1919 Death Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56 1916 Death Horatio H. Kitchener, British General of Sudan, drowns at 65 1909 Birthday Richard Hearne, Norwich England, actor, Captain Horatio Hornblower 1907 Death Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer, dies at 73 1899 Birthday Cecil Scott Forester, England, historical novelist, Horatio Hornblower 1899 Death Horatio Alger, Jr., Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies 1886 Death Horatio Seymour, American Politician 1868 Event Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D) 1863 Birthday Horatio William Parker, composer 1860 Birthday Horatio W. Bottomley, British journalist/swindler 1850 Birthday Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member 1834 Birthday Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer 1834 Birthday Horatio Alger, Jr., Revere Massachusetts, author, Lost at Sea, Work and Win 1820 Birthday Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General, Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Horatio Seymour, Gov, Union 1809 Birthday Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Major General Union volunteers 1805 Death Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar 1805 Birthday Horatio Greenough, U.S., neo-classical sculptor/writer, Form and Function 1798 Event British under Admiral Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile 1797 Death Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, dies at 79 1775 Event Horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army 1758 Birthday Horatio Nelson, Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero, Trafalgar
