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In the year 1849
244 Notable birthdays
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist (1849-1936).
Born September 14th, 1849 in Ryazan. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1936 at 86 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia). [ref]
Lord Randolph Churchill
British politician, father of winston churchill (1849-1895).
Born February 13th, 1849 in Blenheim Palace.
Died January 24th, 1895 at 45 years old in London (syphilis).
Seth Bullock
(1849-1919) american lawman, businessman.
Born July 23rd, 1849 in Amherstburg.
Died September 23rd, 1919 at 70 years old in Deadwood (cancer).
Édouard-Henri Avril
French painter (1849-1928).
Born May 21st, 1849 in Algiers.
Died July 28th, 1928 at 79 years old in Le Raincy. [ref]
Henry Clay Frick
American industrialist (1849-1919).
Born December 19th, 1849 in West Overton.
Died December 2nd, 1919 at 69 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
John William Waterhouse
English painter (1849–1917).
Died February 11th, 1917 at 67 years old in London (cancer).
August von Mackensen
German field marshal (1849–1945).
Born December 6th, 1849 in Leipnitz. [ref]
Died November 8th, 1945 at 95 years old in Habighorst. [ref]
Jack Daniel
American distiller and founder of jack daniel's tennessee whiskey distillery. (1850–1911).
Born September 5th, 1849 in Lynchburg.
Died October 10th, 1911 at 62 years old in Lynchburg (sepsis).
Jacob Riis
American photographer, journalist and activist (1849–1914).
Died May 26th, 1914 at 65 years old in Barre.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
English-american playwright and author (1849–1924).
Born November 24th, 1849 in Manchester. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1924 at 74 years old in Plandome Manor. [ref]
Ida Straus
Titanic victim (1849–1912).
Born February 6th, 1849 in Worms.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 63 years old in North Atlantic Ocean.
Bertha Benz
German automobile pioneer, with husband karl benz (1849–1944).
Born May 3rd, 1849 in Pforzheim.
Died May 5th, 1944 at 95 years old in Ladenburg.
Emma Lazarus
American poet (1849–1887).
Born July 22nd, 1849 in New York City. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1887 at 38 years old in New York City (cancer).
William Ernest Henley
English poet, critic and editor (1849–1903).
Born August 23rd, 1849 in Gloucester.
Died July 11th, 1903 at 53 years old in Woking (tuberculosis).
Edmund Barton
Australian politician, first prime minister of australia and founding justice of the high court of australia (1849-1920).
Born January 18th, 1849 in Glebe.
Died January 7th, 1920 at 70 years old in Medlow Bath (heart failure).
George Washington Williams
American civil war soldier, christian minister, ohio politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer.
Born October 16th, 1849 in Bedford.
Died August 2nd, 1891 at 41 years old in Blackpool (tuberculosis).
Sergei Witte
Russian statesman and first prime minister of the russian empire (1849-1915).
Born June 17th, 1849 in Tbilisi.
Died March 13th, 1915 at 65 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).
Luther Burbank
American botanist and horticulturist (1849–1926).
Born March 7th, 1849 in Lancaster.
Died April 11th, 1926 at 77 years old in Santa Rosa (myocardial infarction).
Basil Zaharoff
Greek-born arms dealer and industrialist (1849-1936).
Born October 6th, 1849 in Muğla. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1936 at 87 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]
Alfred von Tirpitz
German admiral and secretary of state of the german imperial naval office (1849-1930).
Born March 19th, 1849 in Kostrzyn nad Odrą.
Died March 6th, 1930 at 80 years old in Schäftlarn.
Muhammad Abduh
Egyptian islamic jurist, religious scholar and liberal reformer (1849-1905).
Born January 1st, 1849 in Shubra Khit. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1905 at 56 years old in Alexandria (kidney cancer). [ref]
Bernhard von Bülow
German and prussian politician (1849–1929).
Born May 3rd, 1849 in Klein Flottbek.
Died October 28th, 1929 at 80 years old in Rome (disease).
Herbert von Bismarck
German politician (1849–1904).
Born December 28th, 1849 in Berlin.
Died September 18th, 1904 at 54 years old in Friedrichsruh.
Felix Klein
German mathematician, author of the erlangen program (1849-1925).
Born April 25th, 1849 in Düsseldorf.
Died June 22nd, 1925 at 76 years old in Göttingen.
James Whitcomb Riley
American poet from indianapolis (1849–1916).
Born October 7th, 1849 in Greenfield.
Died July 22nd, 1916 at 66 years old in Indianapolis.
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