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In the year 1839

218 Notable birthdays

Bernardino Caballero

Paraguayan politician (1839-1912).

Born May 20th, 1839 in Ybycuí.

Died February 26th, 1912 at 72 years old in Asunción.

Joseph Oller

Founder of the famous cabaret moulin rouge (1839–1922).

Born February 10th, 1839 in Terrassa. [ref]

Died April 19th, 1922 at 83 years old in Paris. [ref]

Théodule-Armand Ribot

French psychologist (1839-1916).

Born December 18th, 1839 in Guingamp.

Died December 9th, 1916 at 76 years old in Paris.

James Crafts

American chemist (1839-1917).

Born March 8th, 1839 in Boston.

Died June 20th, 1917 at 78 years old in Ridgefield.

Antonio Starabba di Rudinì

Prime minister of italy (1839-1908).

Born April 16th, 1839 in Palermo.

Died August 7th, 1908 at 69 years old in Rome.

Norman Selfe

Australian engineer and technical education advocate (1839-1911).

Born December 9th, 1839 in Teddington.

Died October 15th, 1911 at 71 years old in Sydney (heart failure).

Georges Leclanché

French electrical engineer (1839–1882).

Born October 9th, 1839 in Paris. [ref]

Died September 14th, 1882 at 42 years old in rue de Laval. [ref]

Nikolai Linevich

Russian general (1839–1908).

Born January 5th, 1839 in Chernihiv.

Died April 23rd, 1908 at 69 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Luigi Pelloux

Sardinian politician (1839-1924).

Born March 1st, 1839 in La Roche-sur-Foron.

Died October 26th, 1924 at 85 years old in Bordighera.

Patricio Montojo

Spanish admiral (1839–1917).

Born September 7th, 1839 in Ferrol.

Died September 30th, 1917 at 78 years old in Madrid.

August Kundt

German physicist (1839–1894).

Born November 18th, 1839 in Schwerin.

Died May 21st, 1894 at 54 years old in Israelsdorf (cardiovascular disease).

Casimiro de Abreu

Brazilian poet, novelist and playwright (1839–1860).

Born January 4th, 1839 in São João da Barra.

Died October 18th, 1860 at 21 years old in Nova Friburgo (tuberculosis).

Hermann Hankel

German mathematician (1839–1873).

Born February 14th, 1839 in Halle (Saale).

Died March 29th, 1873 at 34 years old in Schramberg.

Aleksandr Stoletov

Russian physicist (1839–1896).

Born August 10th, 1839 in Vladimir.

Died May 28th, 1896 at 56 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).

Hermann Levi

German conductor, composer and royal bavarian general music director (1839-1900).

Born November 7th, 1839 in Giessen.

Died May 13th, 1900 at 60 years old in Munich.

Gaston Paris

French medievalist and writer (1839-1903).

Born August 9th, 1839 in Avenay-Val-d'Or.

Died March 5th, 1903 at 63 years old in Cannes.

John Pentland Mahaffy

Irish classicist and polymathic scholar (1839–1919).

Born February 26th, 1839 in Vevey.

Died April 30th, 1919 at 80 years old in Dublin.

Luigi Capuana

Italian journalist and writer (1839-1915).

Born May 28th, 1839 in Mineo.

Died November 29th, 1915 at 76 years old in Catania.

James Ryder Randall

American journalist (1839–1908).

Born January 1st, 1839 in Baltimore.

Died January 15th, 1908 at 69 years old in Augusta.

Isaac Jacob Reines

Belarusian rabbi (1839–1915).

Born October 17th, 1839 in Karlin.

Died August 20th, 1915 at 75 years old in Lida.

Ida Ferenczy

Hungarian lady, reader to empress elizabeth of austria (1839-1928).

Born April 7th, 1839 in Kecskemét.

Died June 28th, 1928 at 89 years old in Vienna. [ref]

Alfonso Maria Fusco

Italian priest and saint (1839–1910).

Born March 23rd, 1839 in Angri.

Died February 6th, 1910 at 70 years old in Angri.

Adolf Daens

Belgian priest (1839–1907).

Born December 18th, 1839 in Aalst.

Died June 14th, 1907 at 67 years old in Aalst.

Otto Bache

Danish painter and illustrator (1839–1927).

Born August 21st, 1839 in Roskilde.

Died June 28th, 1927 at 87 years old in Copenhagen.

Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre

French general (1839–1919).

Born February 6th, 1839 in Alençon.

Died August 24th, 1919 at 80 years old in Paris.

Birthdays 76 to 100 of 218

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