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In the year 1851
259 Notable birthdays
Henry Stephens Salt
English writer and social reformer.
Born September 20th, 1851 in India. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1939 at 87 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Aristide Bruant
French singer.
Born May 6th, 1851 in Courtenay. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1925 at 73 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Bernardino Machado
Portuguese president (1851-1944).
Born March 28th, 1851 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died April 29th, 1944 at 93 years old in Porto.
Isaac Peral
Spanish submarine pioneer.
Born June 1st, 1851 in Cartagena.
Died May 22nd, 1895 at 43 years old in Berlin (cancer).
John Dillon
Irish politician.
Born September 4th, 1851 in Dublin. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1927 at 75 years old in Greater London. [ref]
Désiré Mercier
Roman-catholic cardinal.
Born November 22nd, 1851 in Braine-l'Alleud.
Died January 23rd, 1926 at 74 years old in City of Brussels.
Édouard de Castelnau
French general (1851–1944).
Born December 24th, 1851 in Saint-Affrique.
Died March 19th, 1944 at 92 years old in Montastruc-la-Conseillère.
Theodor Lipps
German philosopher (1851-1914).
Born July 28th, 1851 in Wallhalben. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1914 at 63 years old in Munich. [ref]
Arthur Schuster
Anglo-german physicist (1851-1934).
Born September 12th, 1851 in Frankfurt.
Died October 14th, 1934 at 83 years old in Berkshire. [ref]
George Abraham Grierson
Irish linguistic scholar and civil servant (1851–1941).
Born January 7th, 1851 in Glenageary.
Died March 9th, 1941 at 90 years old in Camberley.
Jonas Basanavičius
Lithuanian activist (1851-1927).
Born November 23rd, 1851 in Ožkabaliai I.
Died February 16th, 1927 at 75 years old in Vilnius. [ref]
Georg Jellinek
German philosopher.
Born June 16th, 1851 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1911 at 59 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Bedrifelek Kadın
Consort of abdülhamid ii.
Born January 4th, 1851 in Poti.
Died February 6th, 1930 at 79 years old in Istanbul.
Alexandros Papadiamantis
Greek short-story writer (1851–1911).
Born March 4th, 1851 in Skiathos.
Died January 3rd, 1911 at 59 years old in Skiathos (pneumonia).
George FitzGerald
Irish physicist.
Born August 3rd, 1851 in Dublin. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1901 at 49 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Jacobus Kapteyn
Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the milky way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922).
Born January 19th, 1851 in Barneveld, Utrecht.
Died June 18th, 1922 at 71 years old in Amsterdam.
Otto Schott
German chemist, glass technologist, and inventor (1851–1935).
Born December 17th, 1851 in Witten.
Died August 27th, 1935 at 83 years old in Jena.
Charles Chamberland
French microbiologist (1851-1908).
Born March 12th, 1851 in Chilly-le-Vignoble.
Died May 2nd, 1908 at 57 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach
German symbolist artist, founder of naturism (1851-1913).
Born February 21st, 1851 in Hadamar.
Died December 15th, 1913 at 62 years old in Capri (bowel obstruction).
Andrei Zhelyabov
Russian revelotionary (1851-1881).
Born August 29th, 1851 in Mikolayivka.
Died April 15th, 1881 at 29 years old in Saint Petersburg (hanging).
Rodolphe Salis
French theatre director (1851-1897).
Born May 29th, 1851 in Châtellerault. [ref]
Died March 20th, 1897 at 45 years old in Naintré.
Silvanus P. Thompson
British academic physicist (1851-1916).
Born June 19th, 1851 in York. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1916 at 64 years old in Greater London. [ref]
Roque Sáenz Peña
Argentine politician, president of argentina (1851-1914).
Born March 19th, 1851 in Buenos Aires.
Died August 9th, 1914 at 63 years old in Buenos Aires.
Prince Henry, Count of Bardi
Count of bardi (1851–1905).
Born February 12th, 1851 in Parma.
Died April 14th, 1905 at 54 years old in Menton.
George Newnes
British politician (1851–1910).
Born March 13th, 1851 in Matlock Bath.
Died June 9th, 1910 at 59 years old in Lynton (diabetes).
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