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In the year 1851

278 Notable birthdays

Raffaele Garofalo

Italian criminologist and jurist (1851-1934).

Born November 18th, 1851 in Naples.

Died April 18th, 1934 at 82 years old in Naples.

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]

Charles Bannerman

Australian cricketer (1851-1930).

Born July 3rd, 1851 in Woolwich.

Died August 20th, 1930 at 79 years old in Sydney.

Aristide Bruant

French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner (1851–1925).

Born May 6th, 1851 in Courtenay.

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

Carthaginians (murcia, spain) submarine pioneer.

Born June 1st, 1851 in Cartagena.

Died May 22nd, 1895 at 43 years old in Berlin (cancer).

John Dillon

Irish politician (1851–1927).

Born September 4th, 1851 in Dublin.

Died August 4th, 1927 at 75 years old in Greater London.

Désiré Mercier

Roman-catholic cardinal.

Born November 21st, 1851 in Braine-l'Alleud.

Died January 23rd, 1926 at 74 years old in 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.

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]

Júlia da Silva Bruhns

Wife of german politician (1851-1923).

Born August 14th, 1851 in Paraty.

Died March 11th, 1923 at 71 years old in Weßling.

Georg Jellinek

German philosopher (1851-1911).

Born June 16th, 1851 in Leipzig.

Died January 12th, 1911 at 59 years old in Heidelberg.

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 (1851–1901).

Born August 3rd, 1851 in Dublin.

Died February 21st, 1901 at 49 years old in Dublin.

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 Utrecht, Barneveld.

Died June 18th, 1922 at 71 years old in Amsterdam.

Jane Cobden

British suffragist (1851-1947).

Born April 28th, 1851 in London.

Died July 7th, 1947 at 96 years old in Fernhurst.

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 revolutionary (1851-1881).

Born August 29th, 1851 in Mykolayivka.

Died April 15th, 1881 at 29 years old in Saint Petersburg (hanging to death).

Rodolphe Salis

French theatre director (1851-1897).

Born May 29th, 1851 in Châtellerault.

Died March 20th, 1897 at 45 years old in Naintré.

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