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In the year 1848
271 Notable birthdays
Viktor Vasnetsov
Russian artist (1848-1926).
Born May 15th, 1848 in Lopyal.
Died July 23rd, 1926 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Hubert Parry
British composer, teacher and historian (1848–1918).
Born February 27th, 1848 in Bournemouth.
Died October 7th, 1918 at 70 years old in Rustington (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Edward Henry Harriman
American financier and railroad magnate (1848–1909).
Born February 20th, 1848 in Hempstead.
Died September 9th, 1909 at 61 years old in Orange County.
Guido von List
Austrian writer (1848-1919).
Born October 5th, 1848 in Vienna.
Died May 21st, 1919 at 70 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Wilhelm II of Württemberg
King of württemberg (1891-1918).
Born February 25th, 1848 in Stuttgart.
Died October 2nd, 1921 at 73 years old in Tübingen.
Thomas Lipton
British tea merchant and yacht racer (1848-1931).
Born May 10th, 1848 in Glasgow.
Died October 2nd, 1931 at 83 years old in London.
Otto, King of Bavaria
King of bavaria (1848-1916).
Born April 27th, 1848 in Munich.
Died October 11th, 1916 at 68 years old in Fürstenried Palace (intestinal volvulus).
Lothar von Trotha
German general (1848-1920).
Born July 3rd, 1848 in Magdeburg.
Died March 31st, 1920 at 71 years old in Bonn.
Anselm J. McLaurin
American politician (1848–1909).
Born March 26th, 1848 in Brandon.
Died December 22nd, 1909 at 61 years old in Brandon.
Pratap Singh I of Kashmir
1848-1925 maharaja of jammu and kashmir.
Born July 18th, 1848 in Jammu.
Died September 23rd, 1925 at 77 years old in Srinagar.
Hugo de Vries
Dutch botanist (1848-1935).
Born February 16th, 1848 in Haarlem. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1935 at 87 years old in Lunteren. [ref]
Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Russian admiral (1848-1909).
Born November 11th, 1848 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 14th, 1909 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction).
Romesh Chunder Dutt
Historian, economist, writer, translator, civil servant, politician (1848-1909).
Born August 13th, 1848 in Kolkata.
Died November 30th, 1909 at 61 years old in Vadodara.
Nathan Straus
German-american businessman (1848–1931).
Born January 31st, 1848 in Otterberg.
Died January 11th, 1931 at 82 years old in Manhattan.
Hristo Botev
Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (1847–1876).
Born January 6th, 1848 in Kalofer.
Died June 1st, 1876 at 28 years old in Vrachanska Mountains.
Cut Nyak Dhien
Indonesian guerrilla leader against the dutch (1850–1908).
Born May 12th, 1848 in Great Aceh.
Died November 6th, 1908 at 60 years old in Sumedang. [ref]
Francis Davis Millet
American painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the rms titanic (1848-1912).
Born November 3rd, 1848 in Mattapoisett.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 63 years old in North Atlantic Ocean.
Katsura Tarō
Japanese general and politician (1848–1913).
Born January 4th, 1848 in Hagi.
Died October 10th, 1913 at 65 years old in Mita (stomach cancer).
Orison Swett Marden
American writer (1848-1924).
Born June 11th, 1848 in New Hampshire.
Died March 10th, 1924 at 75 years old in New York City.
Brooks Adams
American political writer (1848–1927).
Born June 24th, 1848 in Quincy.
Died February 13th, 1927 at 78 years old in Boston.
Albert Parsons
American socialist and anarchist newspaper editor (1848–1887).
Born June 20th, 1848 in Montgomery.
Died November 11th, 1887 at 39 years old in Chicago (hanging to death).
Jules Bastien-Lepage
French painter (1848–1884).
Born November 1st, 1848 in Damvillers.
Died December 10th, 1884 at 36 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (cancer).
Vasily Surikov
Russian artist (1848-1916).
Born January 24th, 1848 in Krasnoyarsk. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1916 at 68 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Carl Wernicke
German physician and neuropathologist (1848–1905).
Born May 15th, 1848 in Tarnowskie Góry.
Died June 15th, 1905 at 57 years old in Dörrberg.
Alice James
American diarist (1848–1892).
Born August 7th, 1848 in New York City.
Died March 6th, 1892 at 43 years old in London (breast cancer).
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