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In the year 1857
288 Notable birthdays
William Howard Taft
President of the united states from 1909 to 1913.
Born September 15th, 1857 in Cincinnati.
Died March 8th, 1930 at 72 years old in Washington metropolitan area (heart failure).
Joseph Conrad
Polish-british writer (1857–1924).
Born December 3rd, 1857 in Terekhove. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1924 at 66 years old in Bishopsbourne (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
Member of the house of battenberg (1857–1944).
Born April 14th, 1857 in Buckingham Palace.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 87 years old in Brantridge Park.
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-general in the british army, writer, founder and chief scout of the scout movement (1857-1941).
Born February 22nd, 1857 in Paddington.
Died January 8th, 1941 at 83 years old in Nyeri.
Edward Elgar
English composer (1857-1934).
Born June 2nd, 1857 in Lower Broadheath. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1934 at 76 years old in Worcester (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913).
Born November 26th, 1857 in Geneva.
Died February 22nd, 1913 at 55 years old in Vufflens-le-Château.
Milton S. Hershey
American businessman (1857-1945).
Born September 13th, 1857 in Derry Township.
Died October 13th, 1945 at 88 years old in Hershey (pneumonia).
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and leading member of the american civil liberties union (1857-1938).
Born April 18th, 1857 in Kinsman Township.
Died March 13th, 1938 at 80 years old in Chicago.
Heinrich Hertz
German physicist (1857–1894).
Born February 22nd, 1857 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1894 at 36 years old in Bonn (sepsis). [ref]
Pius XI
Pope of the catholic church from 1922 to 1939.
Born March 31st, 1857 in Desio. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1939 at 81 years old in Vatican City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Juan Luna
Filipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899).
Born October 25th, 1857 in Badoc. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1899 at 42 years old in Hong Kong (disease).
Theo van Gogh
Dutch art dealer, brother of vincent (1857-1891).
Born May 1st, 1857 in Zundert. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1891 at 33 years old in Utrecht (syphilis). [ref]
Fergus Suter
Scottish footballer (1857-1916).
Born November 21st, 1857 in Glasgow.
Died July 31st, 1916 at 58 years old in Blackpool.
Ida Tarbell
American journalist (1857-1944).
Born November 5th, 1857 in Erie County.
Died January 6th, 1944 at 86 years old in Bridgeport (pneumonia).
Thorstein Veblen
American academic.
Born July 30th, 1857 in Cato, Manitowoc County. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1929 at 72 years old in Menlo Park.
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1857-1905).
Born May 11th, 1857 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died February 17th, 1905 at 47 years old in Moscow.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian and soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935).
Born September 17th, 1857 in Izhevskoe.
Died September 19th, 1935 at 78 years old in Kaluga. [ref]
Le Pétomane
French entertainer (1857-1945).
Born June 1st, 1857 in Marseille. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1945 at 88 years old in Toulon. [ref]
Alfonso XII of Spain
King of spain from 1874 to 1885.
Born November 28th, 1857 in Royal Palace of Madrid.
Died November 25th, 1885 at 27 years old in Royal Palace of El Pardo (tuberculosis, dysentery).
Karl Pearson
English mathematician, biometrician, and eugenicist (1857–1936).
Born March 27th, 1857 in London.
Died April 27th, 1936 at 79 years old in Coldharbour.
Ronald Ross
Indian-british doctor, nobel laureate, writer, and artist.
Born May 13th, 1857 in Almora. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1932 at 75 years old in London. [ref]
Clara Zetkin
German politician, editor (1857-1933).
Born July 5th, 1857 in Königshain-Wiederau. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1933 at 75 years old in Arkhangelskoye. [ref]
Alfred Binet
French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test.
Died October 18th, 1911 at 54 years old in Paris. [ref]
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
British politician (1857–1922).
Born October 30th, 1857 in St James's.
Died September 26th, 1922 at 64 years old in St James's.
Émile Coué
French psychologist and pharmacist (1857-1926).
Born February 26th, 1857 in Troyes.
Died July 2nd, 1926 at 69 years old in Nancy.
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