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In the year 1856
336 Notable birthdays
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.
Died March 25th, 1933 at 76 years old in Xian County.
Georges Colomb
French botanist and pioneer of french comics (1856-1945).
Died January 3rd, 1945 at 88 years old in Nyons.
Rosa Welt-Straus
Suffragist and feminist (1856–1938).
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.
Octave Hamelin
French philosopher (1856–1907).
Born July 22nd, 1856 in Le Lion-d'Angers.
Died September 11th, 1907 at 51 years old in courant d'Huchet (drowning).
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.
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
Polish pianist and composer (1856–1932).
Born June 8th, 1856 in Warsaw.
Died June 9th, 1932 at 76 years old in The Hague.
Ettore Pais
Italian historian of classical antiquity and classical archaeologist (1856-1939).
Born July 27th, 1856 in Borgo San Dalmazzo.
Died March 28th, 1939 at 82 years old in Rome.
Nikoghayos Tigranian
Armenian musician (1856–1951).
Born August 31st, 1856 in Gyumri.
Died February 17th, 1951 at 94 years old in Yerevan.
Stoyan Mihaylovski
Bulgarian writer (1856–1927).
Born January 7th, 1856 in Elena.
Died August 3rd, 1927 at 71 years old in Sofia.
Adolfo Venturi
Italian art historian (1856-1941).
Born September 4th, 1856 in Modena.
Died June 10th, 1941 at 84 years old in Santa Margherita Ligure.
Ignaty Potapenko
Russian writer and playwright (1856–1929).
Born December 30th, 1856 in Bilozerka.
Died May 17th, 1929 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Gustav Groß
Czech politician (1856-1935).
Born June 12th, 1856 in Liberec.
Died February 23rd, 1935 at 78 years old in Vienna.
Friedrich Dahl
German zoologist and arachnologist (1856-1929).
Born June 24th, 1856 in Grube.
Died June 29th, 1929 at 73 years old in Greifswald.
Edmond Haraucourt
French writer (1856–1941).
Born October 18th, 1856 in Bourmont.
Died November 17th, 1941 at 85 years old in Paris.
Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau
Austrian botanist (1856-1931).
Born August 25th, 1856 in Bratislava.
Died June 23rd, 1931 at 74 years old in Holešovice (rectum carcinoma in situ). [ref]
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