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In the year 1856
313 Notable birthdays
Ferdinand Avenarius
German poet (1856-1923).
Born December 20th, 1856 in Berlin.
Died September 22nd, 1923 at 66 years old in Kampen (Sylt).
Carolina Benedicks-Bruce
Swedish sculptor (1856–1935).
Born October 28th, 1856 in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1935 at 78 years old [ref]
Jakub Bart-Ćišinski
Sorbian-language writer.
Born August 20th, 1856.
Died October 16th, 1909 at 53 years old in Panschwitz.
Ernst Brenner
Member of the swiss federal council (1856–1911).
Born December 9th, 1856 in Basel.
Died March 11th, 1911 at 54 years old in Menton (cerebrovascular disease).
Belisario Porras Barahona
President of panama (1856-1942).
Born November 27th, 1856 in Las Tablas.
Died August 28th, 1942 at 85 years old in Panama City.
Aikitu Tanakadate
Japanese physicist.
Born October 16th, 1856 in Ninohe District.
Died May 21st, 1952 at 95 years old in Setagaya-ku.
Andrejs Jurjāns
Latvian composer (1856-1922).
Born September 30th, 1856 in Ērgļi.
Died September 28th, 1922 at 65 years old in Riga.
Kajetan Abgarowicz
Polish journalist and novelist (1856-1909).
Born August 7th, 1856 in Tscherniw.
Died July 27th, 1909 at 52 years old in Truskavets.
Tomas O'Crohan
Irish writer.
Born December 21st, 1856 in Blasket Islands.
Died March 7th, 1937 at 80 years old in Blasket Islands. [ref]
Ernst Lecher
Austrian physicist (1856-1926).
Born June 1st, 1856 in Vienna.
Died July 19th, 1926 at 70 years old in Vienna.
Friedrich Schur
German mathematician (1856–1932).
Born January 27th, 1856 in Maciejew.
Died March 18th, 1932 at 76 years old in Wrocław.
Gustaf Nyström
Finnish architect.
Born January 21st, 1856 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1917 at 61 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Matsumura Jinzō
Japanese botanist (1856-1928).
Born February 14th, 1856 in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Died May 4th, 1928 at 72 years old in Tokyo.
Léon Wieger
French sinologist (1856-1933).
Born July 9th, 1856 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1933 at 76 years old in Xian County. [ref]
Georges Colomb
French botanist and pioneer of french comics (1856-1945).
Born May 25th, 1856 in Lure. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1945 at 88 years old in Nyons. [ref]
Rosa Welt-Straus
Suffragist and feminist.
Born August 24th, 1856 in Chernivtsi.
Died December 15th, 1938 at 82 years old in Geneva.
José Júlio de Sousa Pinto
Portuguese painter (1856-1939).
Born September 15th, 1856 in Angra do Heroísmo. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1939 at 82 years old in Pont-Scorff.
Eugène Louis Bouvier
French entomologist & carcinologist (1856–1944).
Born April 9th, 1856 in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux.
Died January 14th, 1944 at 87 years old in Maisons-Laffitte.
Aleksandr Kastalsky
Russian composer and folklorist (1856-1926).
Born November 28th, 1856 in Moscow.
Died December 17th, 1926 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Carl Ewald
Danish novelist (1856–1908).
Born October 15th, 1856 in Gram.
Died February 23rd, 1908 at 51 years old in Copenhagen.
Paul von Jankó
Hungarian musician (1856-1919).
Died March 17th, 1919 at 62 years old in Constantinople.
Vasily Mate
Russian artist (1856-1917).
Born March 6th, 1856 in Virbalis.
Died April 27th, 1917 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg (cancer).
Donato Sbarretti
Catholic cardinal (1856–1939).
Born November 12th, 1856 in Montefranco.
Died April 1st, 1939 at 82 years old in Rome.
Natalia Janotha
Pianist and composer.
Born June 8th, 1856 in Warsaw.
Died June 9th, 1932 at 76 years old in The Hague.
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Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius