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Patrick Henry — Age & Birthday
Born: 29 May 1736 · Died: 6 June 1799 · Age at death: 63
How old was Patrick Henry when he died?
Patrick Henry died aged 63. He was born on 29 May 1736 and died on 6 June 1799.
American Founding Father famous for his influential revolutionary speeches
Did you know?He was a self-taught lawyer who managed to pass his bar exams after only six weeks of independent study.
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
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- Age at death
- 63
- Years since death
- 227
- Born
- May 29, 1736 · Hanover County, United States
- Died
- June 6, 1799
- Cause of death
- Stomach cancer
- Nationality
- American
- Known for
- Politics, Literature, Law
Family
- Father
- John Henry
- Mother
- Sarah Winston Syme Henry
- Spouses
- Dorothea Dandridge Henry, Sarah Shelton Henry
- Children
- Dorothea Spotswood Henry, Elizabeth Henry Aylett, John Henry, Patrick Henry, Sarah Butler Henry
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- See the front page from the day Patrick Henry was bornA newspaper front page for 29 May 1736, styled like the papers of the time, with headlines and famous birthdays from that day.Birthday newspaper
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