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In the year 1844
258 Notable birthdays
Ludwig von Falkenhausen
German general (1844–1936).
Born September 13th, 1844 in Guben.
Died May 4th, 1936 at 91 years old in Görlitz.
George Leslie Mackay
First presbyterian missionary to northern taiwan (1844-1901).
Born March 21st, 1844 in Embro.
Died June 2nd, 1901 at 57 years old in Tamsui District (laryngeal cancer).
Eduard Strasburger
Polish-german botanist (1844–1912).
Born February 1st, 1844 in Warsaw.
Died May 19th, 1912 at 68 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Patrick Manson
Scottish parasitologist (1844-1922).
Born October 3rd, 1844 in Oldmeldrum.
Died April 9th, 1922 at 77 years old in London (gout attack).
Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
German prince (1844–1894).
Born July 31st, 1844 in Weimar.
Died November 20th, 1894 at 50 years old in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
Tennessee Claflin
American suffragist (1844-1923).
Born October 26th, 1844 in Homer.
Died January 18th, 1923 at 78 years old in England.
Dankmar Adler
Architect (1844-1900).
Born July 3rd, 1844 in Stadtlengsfeld.
Died April 16th, 1900 at 55 years old in Chicago.
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Swedish politician (1844-1916).
Born October 21st, 1844 in Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1916 at 71 years old in Lidingö Parish.
Catherine Breshkovsky
Russian politician (1844–1934).
Born January 25th, 1844 in Ivanovo.
Died September 12th, 1934 at 90 years old in Horní Počernice.
Friedrich Trendelenburg
German surgeon (1844–1924).
Born May 24th, 1844 in Berlin.
Died December 15th, 1924 at 80 years old in Nikolassee (cancer).
Kuroki Tamemoto
Japanese general (1844-1923).
Born May 3rd, 1844 in Kajiya-chō.
Died February 3rd, 1923 at 78 years old in Minami-Aoyama (pneumonia).
Hugo Borchardt
German firearms designer (1844–1924).
Born June 6th, 1844 in Magdeburg.
Died May 8th, 1924 at 79 years old in Berlin, Charlottenburg (pneumonia).
James Henry Greathead
British civil engineer (1844-1896).
Born August 6th, 1844 in Makhanda.
Died October 21st, 1896 at 52 years old in London Borough of Lambeth.
Max Noether
German mathematician (1844–1921).
Born September 24th, 1844 in Mannheim.
Died December 13th, 1921 at 77 years old in Erlangen.
Adolf Engler
German botanist (1844-1930).
Born March 25th, 1844 in Żagań.
Died October 10th, 1930 at 86 years old in Berlin.
Mutsu Munemitsu
Japanese diplomat (1844-1897).
Born August 20th, 1844 in Kishū Domain.
Died August 24th, 1897 at 53 years old in Kita (tuberculosis).
Francis William Reitz
South african politician and statesman (1844-1934).
Born October 5th, 1844 in Swellendam.
Died March 27th, 1934 at 89 years old in Cape Town.
John Burgess
American political scientist (1844–1931).
Born August 26th, 1844 in Giles County.
Died January 13th, 1931 at 86 years old in Brookline.
Konstantin Savitsky
Russian artist (1844-1905).
Born June 6th, 1844 in Taganrog. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1905 at 60 years old in Penza.
Édouard Branly
French physicist (1844-1940).
Born October 23rd, 1844 in Amiens. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1940 at 95 years old in boulevard Saint-Michel.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
American author, intellectual and feminist.
Born August 31st, 1844 in Boston. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1911 at 66 years old in Newton.
Muhammed Mehdi Senusi
Senussi cleric and leader.
Born November 12th, 1844 in Al Bayda, Cyrenaica.
Died June 1st, 1902 at 57 years old in Garu.
Emil Schürer
German theologian (1844–1910).
Born May 2nd, 1844 in Augsburg.
Died April 30th, 1910 at 65 years old in Göttingen.
Paul Taffanel
French musician.
Born September 16th, 1844 in Bordeaux.
Died November 22nd, 1908 at 64 years old in avenue Gourgaud. [ref]
Charles-Émile Reynaud
French inventor.
Born December 8th, 1844 in Montreuil. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1918 at 73 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine. [ref]
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