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In the year 1857
288 Notable birthdays
A. E. Waite
British occultist mystic, poet and writer (1857–1942).
Born October 2nd, 1857 in Brooklyn.
Died May 19th, 1942 at 84 years old in London.
Tom Clarke
Irish revolutionary leader (1857-1916).
Born March 11th, 1857 in Isle of Wight.
Died May 3rd, 1916 at 59 years old in Dublin (gunshot wound).
Williamina Fleming
Scottish astronomer (1857-1911).
Born May 15th, 1857 in Dundee.
Died May 21st, 1911 at 54 years old in Boston.
Andrew Watson
Scottish footballer (1857-1921).
Born May 18th, 1857 in Georgetown.
Died March 8th, 1921 at 63 years old in Forest Road.
Trinle Gyatso
12th dalai lama of tibet (1857-1875).
Born January 26th, 1857 in Tibet.
Died April 25th, 1875 at 18 years old in Lhasa.
Paul Doumer
French statesman (1857–1932).
Born March 22nd, 1857 in Aurillac.
Died May 7th, 1932 at 75 years old in Paris (gunshot wound).
Eugen Bleuler
Swiss psychiatrist (1857-1939).
Born April 30th, 1857 in Zollikon. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1939 at 82 years old in Zollikon. [ref]
Shibli Nomani
British indian islamic scholar, thinker, author, orator, poet and critic of orientalists.
Born June 3rd, 1857 in Azamgarh.
Died November 18th, 1914 at 57 years old
Shyamji Krishna Varma
An indian revolutionary, lawyer and journalist who founded the indian home rule society, india house and the indian sociologist in london (1857-1930).
Born October 4th, 1857 in Cutch State, Mandvi, British Raj.
Died March 30th, 1930 at 72 years old in Switzerland, Geneva.
Theodor Kittelsen
Norwegian artist (1857-1914).
Born April 27th, 1857 in Kragerø. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1914 at 56 years old in Jeløya. [ref]
George Gissing
English novelist (1857–1903).
Born November 22nd, 1857 in Wakefield.
Died December 28th, 1903 at 46 years old in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (pulmonary emphysema).
Alexander of Battenberg
Bulgarian ruler (1857–1893).
Born April 5th, 1857 in Verona.
Died November 17th, 1893 at 36 years old in Graz (peritonitis).
Eugène Atget
French photographer (1857-1927).
Born February 12th, 1857 in Libourne. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1927 at 70 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Italian composer.
Born April 23rd, 1857 in Naples.
Died August 9th, 1919 at 62 years old in Montecatini Terme.
Charles Scott Sherrington
English footballer, neurophysiologist and nobel prize recipient (1857–1952).
Born November 27th, 1857 in London.
Died March 4th, 1952 at 94 years old in Eastbourne.
Aleksandr Lyapunov
Russian mathematician.
Born June 6th, 1857 in Yaroslavl.
Died November 3rd, 1918 at 61 years old in Odesa (ballistic trauma).
Montague Druitt
Suspect in the jack the ripper murders, cricketer, barrister and schoolteacher (1857-1888).
Born August 15th, 1857 in Wimborne Minster.
Died December 1st, 1888 at 31 years old in River Thames (drowning).
Friedrich II, Grand Duke of Baden
Grand duke of baden.
Born July 9th, 1857 in Karlsruhe.
Died August 9th, 1928 at 71 years old in Badenweiler.
Cécile Chaminade
French composer and pianist.
Born August 8th, 1857 in Batignolles. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1944 at 86 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]
E. A. Wallis Budge
British academic.
Born July 27th, 1857 in Bodmin. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1934 at 77 years old in London, Greater London. [ref]
Axel Munthe
Swedish physician (1857-1949).
Born October 31st, 1857 in Döderhults parish.
Died February 11th, 1949 at 91 years old in Storkyrkoförsamlingen (tuberculosis).
Georg Michaelis
German civil servant and chancellor (1857-1936).
Born September 8th, 1857 in Chojnów. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1936 at 78 years old in Bad Saarow. [ref]
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American geologist, paleontologist, and eugenist.
Born August 8th, 1857 in Fairfield. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1935 at 78 years old in New York City. [ref]
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
French physician (1857-1904).
Born October 30th, 1857 in Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers.
Died May 22nd, 1904 at 46 years old in Lausanne.
Fannie Farmer
American chef (1857–1915).
Born March 23rd, 1857 in Boston.
Died January 15th, 1915 at 57 years old in Boston.
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