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In the year 1859
328 Notable birthdays
Supayalat
Queen of burma (1859-1925).
Born December 13th, 1859 in Mandalay.
Died November 24th, 1925 at 65 years old in Yangon.
Théophile Steinlen
Painter (1859-1923).
Born November 20th, 1859 in Lausanne.
Died December 14th, 1923 at 64 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Bertha Pappenheim
Austrian feminist (1859–1936).
Born February 27th, 1859 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1936 at 77 years old in Neu-Isenburg (cancer). [ref]
Cecil Sharp
English folk song collector, teacher, songwriter and musician.
Born November 22nd, 1859 in Camberwell.
Died June 23rd, 1924 at 64 years old in Hampstead (cancer).
Akiyama Yoshifuru
Imperial japanese army general (1859-1930).
Born February 9th, 1859 in Matsuyama.
Died November 4th, 1930 at 71 years old in Matsuyama (diabetes).
Alice Ayres
English nursemaid (1859–1885).
Born September 12th, 1859 in Isleworth.
Died April 26th, 1885 at 25 years old in Guy's Hospital (smoke inhalation injury).
Ravachol
French anarchist (1859–1892).
Born October 14th, 1859 in Saint-Chamond.
Died July 11th, 1892 at 32 years old in Montbrison (decapitation).
Sidney Webb
English socialist economist, 1859–1947.
Born July 13th, 1859 in London.
Died October 13th, 1947 at 88 years old in Hampshire. [ref]
Feng Guozhang
Chinese general (1859-1919).
Born January 7th, 1859 in Hejian.
Died December 28th, 1919 at 60 years old in Beijing.
Andrew Volstead
American politician (1859-1947).
Born October 31st, 1859 in Kenyon.
Died January 20th, 1947 at 87 years old in Granite Falls.
Helen Churchill Candee
American writer (1858–1949).
Born October 5th, 1859 in New York City.
Died August 23rd, 1949 at 89 years old in York Harbor.
George W. P. Hunt
American politician (1859–1934).
Born November 1st, 1859 in Huntsville. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1934 at 75 years old in Phoenix (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian noble (1859-1919).
Born April 26th, 1859 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died January 24th, 1919 at 59 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (ballistic trauma).
Takeda Sōkaku
Japanese martial artist (1859-1943).
Born October 10th, 1859 in Aizu.
Died April 25th, 1943 at 83 years old in Japan.
Paja Jovanović
Serbian painter (1859-1957).
Born June 16th, 1859 in Vršac. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1957 at 98 years old in Vienna.
Cecil Spring-Rice
British diplomat (1859–1918).
Born February 27th, 1859 in London.
Died February 14th, 1918 at 58 years old in Ottawa.
Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
President of haiti (1859-1915).
Born March 4th, 1859 in Ouanaminthe.
Died July 28th, 1915 at 56 years old in Port-au-Prince (blunt trauma).
Peder Mørk Mønsted
Danish painter (1859-1941).
Born December 10th, 1859 in Grenaa. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1941 at 81 years old in Fredensborg. [ref]
Sidney Lee
English biographer and critic (1859–1926).
Born December 5th, 1859 in Bloomsbury.
Died March 3rd, 1926 at 66 years old in London.
Francesc Macià i Llussà
1st president of generalitat de catalunya (1932-33).
Born September 21st, 1859 in Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Died December 25th, 1933 at 74 years old in Barcelona (appendicitis). [ref]
John Maxwell
British army officer and colonial governor (1859-1929).
Born July 11th, 1859 in Liverpool.
Died February 21st, 1929 at 69 years old in Cape Town.
Anna Ancher
Danish impressionist painter (1859-1935).
Born August 18th, 1859 in Skagen. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1935 at 75 years old in Skagen. [ref]
Fanny Bullock Workman
American geographer, cartographer, explorer, travel writer, and mountaineer (1859–1925).
Born January 8th, 1859 in Worcester.
Died January 22nd, 1925 at 66 years old in Cannes.
Walther von Lüttwitz
German general (1859-1942).
Born February 2nd, 1859 in Kluczbork.
Died September 20th, 1942 at 83 years old in Wrocław.
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