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In the year 1854
276 Notable birthdays
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900).
Born October 16th, 1854 in Dublin. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1900 at 46 years old in Paris (meningitis). [ref]
Ned Kelly
Australian bushranger (1854–1880).
Born December 28th, 1854 in Victoria.
Died November 11th, 1880 at 25 years old in Melbourne (hanging).
Prince Louis of Battenberg
European royalty/naval officer (1854-1921).
Died September 11th, 1921 at 67 years old in London.
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854–1891).
Born October 20th, 1854 in Charleville (Ardennes). [ref]
Died November 10th, 1891 at 37 years old in Marseille (bone cancer). [ref]
John Philip Sousa
Luso-american conductor and composer (1854–1932).
Born November 6th, 1854 in Washington, D.C..
Died March 6th, 1932 at 77 years old in Reading (myocardial infarction).
Jeanette Jerome
American-born british mother of winston churchill (1854–1921).
Born January 9th, 1854 in Brooklyn.
Died June 29th, 1921 at 67 years old in London (gangrene).
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science (1854-1912).
Born April 29th, 1854 in Nancy.
Died July 17th, 1912 at 58 years old in Paris (embolism). [ref]
George Eastman
American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer.
Born July 12th, 1854 in Waterville. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1932 at 77 years old in Rochester (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Paul Ehrlich
Jewish-german physician and scientist (1854-1915).
Born March 14th, 1854 in Strzelin.
Died August 20th, 1915 at 61 years old in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (stroke).
Jane Toppan
American serial killer (1854–1938).
Born March 31st, 1854 in Boston.
Died August 17th, 1938 at 84 years old in Taunton.
Benedict XV
Pope of the catholic church from 1914 to 1922.
Born November 21st, 1854 in Pegli.
Died January 22nd, 1922 at 67 years old in Apostolic Palace (pneumonia).
Thomas R. Marshall
Vice president of the united states from 1913 to 1921.
Born March 14th, 1854 in North Manchester.
Died June 1st, 1925 at 71 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Victoriano Huerta
Mexican military officer and 35th president of mexico (1850-1916).
Born December 22nd, 1854 in Colotlán.
Died January 13th, 1916 at 61 years old in El Paso (liver cirrhosis).
Robert Borden
8th prime minister of canada (1854-1937).
Born June 26th, 1854 in Grand-Pré. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1937 at 82 years old in Ottawa. [ref]
Leoš Janáček
Czech composer (1854-1928).
Born July 3rd, 1854 in Hukvaldy. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1928 at 74 years old in Ostrava (pneumonia). [ref]
Karl Kautsky
Czech-austrian marxist theorist (1854–1938).
Born October 18th, 1854 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1938 at 83 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Engelbert Humperdinck
German composer.
Born September 1st, 1854 in Siegburg. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1921 at 67 years old in Neustrelitz (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Edward Carson, Baron Carson
Irish politician, barrister and judge (1854-1935).
Born February 9th, 1854 in Dublin.
Died October 22nd, 1935 at 81 years old in Isle of Thanet.
James George Frazer
Scottish social anthropologist (1854–1941).
Born January 1st, 1854 in Glasgow.
Died May 7th, 1941 at 87 years old in Cambridge.
Charles Webster Leadbeater
British theosophist (1854–1934).
Born February 16th, 1854 in Stockport.
Died March 1st, 1934 at 80 years old in Perth.
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
British occultist (1854-1918).
Born January 8th, 1854 in London.
Died November 5th, 1918 at 64 years old in Paris (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
Emil von Behring
German physiologist who received the first nobel prize in physiology or medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin.
Born March 15th, 1854 in Ławice.
Died March 31st, 1917 at 63 years old in Marburg (pneumonia).
Patrick Geddes
British biologist, botanist and town planner (1854-1932).
Born October 2nd, 1854 in Ballater. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1932 at 77 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
Charles Radbourn
Major league baseball player (1854–1897).
Born December 11th, 1854 in Rochester.
Died February 5th, 1897 at 42 years old in Bloomington (syphilis).
Benjamin Tucker
American journalist and anarchist (1854-1939).
Born April 17th, 1854 in Dartmouth.
Died June 22nd, 1939 at 85 years old in Monaco.
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