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In the year 1856
311 Notable birthdays
Franz Roubaud
Russian artist (1856-1928).
Born July 3rd, 1856 in Odesa. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1928 at 71 years old in Munich. [ref]
William Rainey Harper
American academic administrator (1856-1906).
Born July 26th, 1856 in New Concord.
Died January 10th, 1906 at 49 years old in Chicago.
Joseph Ward
New zealand politician (1856–1930).
Born April 26th, 1856 in Melbourne.
Died July 8th, 1930 at 74 years old in Wellington.
Maurycy Gottlieb
Polish painter and student of jan matejko (1856-1879).
Born February 28th, 1856 in Drohobych. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1879 at 23 years old in Kraków (pharyngitis). [ref]
Edmund Beecher Wilson
American zoologist, geneticist (1856-1939).
Born October 19th, 1856 in Geneva.
Died March 3rd, 1939 at 82 years old in New York City.
Tom Mann
Organiser and public speaker in the labour movement in england and australia (1856–1941).
Born April 15th, 1856 in London Borough of Lewisham.
Died March 13th, 1941 at 84 years old
Kate Douglas Wiggin
American writer (1856-1923).
Born September 28th, 1856 in Philadelphia.
Died August 24th, 1923 at 66 years old in Harrow.
Naftali Herz Imber
Jewish poet, writer (1856–1909).
Born December 27th, 1856 in Zolochiv.
Died October 8th, 1909 at 52 years old in Manhattan.
Christian Sinding
Norwegian composer (1856–1941).
Born January 11th, 1856 in Kongsberg.
Died December 3rd, 1941 at 85 years old in Oslo.
Hermann von François
German general (1856–1933).
Born January 31st, 1856 in Luxembourg.
Died May 15th, 1933 at 77 years old in Lichterfelde.
Maurice Sarrail
French general (1856–1929).
Born April 6th, 1856 in Carcassonne.
Died March 23rd, 1929 at 72 years old in Paris.
Charles Émile Picard
French mathematician.
Born July 24th, 1856 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1941 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jules-Albert de Dion
French automotive pioneer (1856-1946).
Born March 10th, 1856 in Nantes. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1946 at 90 years old in Paris, 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain
Inventor of snooker (1856–1944).
Born January 13th, 1856 in Upton Park.
Died May 28th, 1944 at 88 years old in Ascot (myocarditis).
Vasily Rozanov
Russian philosopher.
Born May 2nd, 1856 in Vetluga. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1919 at 62 years old in Sergiyev Posad. [ref]
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942).
Born October 28th, 1856 in San Francisco.
Died February 9th, 1942 at 85 years old in San Francisco.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
American educator and legal scholar (1856–1943).
Born December 13th, 1856 in Boston.
Died January 6th, 1943 at 86 years old in Boston.
Muhammad ʿAbdallah Hasan
Emir of diiriye guure and his dervish kingdom (1856-1920).
Born April 7th, 1856 in Buuhoodle, Sacmadeeqa.
Died December 21st, 1920 at 64 years old in Imi (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
George Frederick Kunz
American mineralogist (1856-1932).
Born September 29th, 1856 in New York City.
Died June 29th, 1932 at 75 years old in New York City.
Wojciech Kossak
Polish painter (1856–1942).
Born December 31st, 1856 in Paris.
Died July 29th, 1942 at 85 years old in Kraków.
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Serbian composer (1856-1914).
Born January 9th, 1856 in Negotin.
Died September 28th, 1914 at 58 years old in Skopje.
Enrico Ferri
Criminologist (1856-1929).
Born February 25th, 1856 in San Benedetto Po.
Died April 12th, 1929 at 73 years old in Rome.
Alexander Izvolsky
Russian diplomat (1856-1919).
Born March 18th, 1856 in Moscow.
Died August 16th, 1919 at 63 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Moses Gaster
British-romanian academic and rabbi.
Born September 17th, 1856 in Bucharest.
Died March 5th, 1939 at 82 years old in Abingdon-on-Thames.
A. D. Gordon
Russian-jewish philosopher, worker, and educator.
Born June 9th, 1856 in Troianiv. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1922 at 65 years old in Degania Alef (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
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