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In the year 1848
271 Notable birthdays
Margaret Lindsay Huggins
Irish astronomer (1848–1915).
Born August 14th, 1848 in Dublin.
Died March 24th, 1915 at 66 years old in Chelsea (disease).
Caroline Still Anderson
American physician, educator, and activist (1848–1919).
Born November 1st, 1848 in Philadelphia.
Died June 2nd, 1919 at 70 years old in Philadelphia.
Alexander Kazbegi
Georgian writer (1848–1893).
Born January 20th, 1848 in Stepantsminda.
Died December 22nd, 1893 at 45 years old in Tbilisi.
Joseph Lyman Silsbee
American architect (1848–1913).
Born November 25th, 1848 in Salem.
Died January 31st, 1913 at 64 years old in Chicago.
Victor Maurel
French opera singer (1848-1923).
Born June 17th, 1848 in Marseille.
Died October 22nd, 1923 at 75 years old in New York City.
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
German physicist (1848–1916).
Born July 27th, 1848 in Dobre Miasto.
Died December 13th, 1916 at 68 years old in Halle (Saale). [ref]
Eugène Simon
French naturalist and arachnologist (1848–1924).
Born April 30th, 1848 in Paris.
Died November 17th, 1924 at 76 years old in Paris.
María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras
Spanish saint, foundress of the conceptionists missionaries of the immaculate conception of mary (1848–1911).
Died July 25th, 1911 at 63 years old in Madrid.
Ellis Rowan
Australian artist, botanical illustrator and botanical collector (1848-1922).
Born July 30th, 1848 in Melbourne.
Died October 4th, 1922 at 74 years old in Macedon.
Friedrich Soennecken
German inventor (1848–1919).
Born September 20th, 1848 in Iserlohn.
Died July 2nd, 1919 at 70 years old in Bonn.
Kurd Lasswitz
German author, scientist and philosopher (1848–1910).
Born April 20th, 1848 in Wrocław.
Died November 17th, 1910 at 62 years old in Gotha (appendicitis).
Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky)
Metropolitan of kyiv and gallich (1915–1918), metropolitan of moscow (1898–1912).
Born January 1st, 1848 in Morshansky Uyezd.
Died January 25th, 1918 at 70 years old in Kyiv.
Melchior de Vogüé
French diplomat, orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic (1848-1910).
Born February 25th, 1848 in Nice.
Died March 29th, 1910 at 62 years old in Paris.
Gunnar Knudsen
11th prime minister of norway (1848–1928).
Born September 19th, 1848 in Arendal.
Died December 1st, 1928 at 80 years old in Skien.
Adelsteen Normann
Norwegian landscape painter (1848-1918).
Born May 1st, 1848 in Bodin Municipality.
Died December 26th, 1918 at 70 years old in Christiania (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Henry Edward Armstrong
British chemist (1848-1937).
Born May 6th, 1848 in Lewisham.
Died July 13th, 1937 at 89 years old in Lewisham.
Édouard Joseph Dantan
French painter (1848–1897).
Born August 26th, 1848 in Paris.
Died July 7th, 1897 at 48 years old in Villerville (traffic collision).
Masuda Takashi
Japanese noble.
Born November 12th, 1848 in Aikawa.
Died December 28th, 1938 at 90 years old
Franz von Soxhlet
German agricultural chemist (1848–1926).
Born January 12th, 1848 in Brno.
Died May 5th, 1926 at 78 years old in Munich.
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot
French painter (1848-1934).
Born July 2nd, 1848 in Plainpalais. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1934 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
Stephen Mallory II
American politician (1848-1907).
Born November 2nd, 1848 in Columbia.
Died December 23rd, 1907 at 59 years old in Pensacola.
Maria Bernarda Bütler
Franciscan missionary (1848-1924).
Died May 19th, 1924 at 75 years old in Cartagena.
Ludvig Schytte
Danish composer (1848–1909).
Born April 28th, 1848 in Aarhus.
Died November 10th, 1909 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Liborius Ritter von Frank
Austro-hungarian general.
Born October 5th, 1848 in Split.
Died February 26th, 1935 at 86 years old in Graz.
Otto Bütschli
German biologist (1848-1920).
Born May 3rd, 1848 in Frankfurt.
Died February 3rd, 1920 at 71 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
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