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In the year 1859
328 Notable birthdays
Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla
French engineer.
Born July 26th, 1859 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1940 at 80 years old in Paris.
Theobald Smith
American epidemiologist.
Born July 31st, 1859 in Albany.
Died December 10th, 1934 at 75 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Luigi Capello
Italian general.
Born April 14th, 1859 in Intra.
Died June 25th, 1941 at 82 years old in Rome.
Henrietta Rae
English painter (1859–1928).
Born December 30th, 1859 in London. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1928 at 68 years old in Upper Norwood.
Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Prinz von sachsen-meiningen, germany; painter, prussian colonel (1859-1941).
Born September 27th, 1859 in Meiningen.
Died December 29th, 1941 at 82 years old in Altenstein Palace.
Margaret Todd
Scottish medical doctor, schoolteacher and writer.
Born April 23rd, 1859 in Glasgow.
Died September 3rd, 1918 at 59 years old
Édouard Michelin
French industrialist.
Born June 23rd, 1859 in Clermont-Ferrand. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1940 at 81 years old in Orcines. [ref]
Karl Muck
German-born swiss conductor of classical music (1859–1940).
Born October 22nd, 1859 in Darmstadt. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1940 at 80 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Otto Hölder
German mathematician (1859–1937).
Born December 22nd, 1859 in Stuttgart.
Died August 29th, 1937 at 77 years old in Leipzig.
Gilbert Hitchcock
American politician (1859-1934).
Born September 18th, 1859 in Omaha.
Died February 3rd, 1934 at 74 years old in Omaha.
Sergey Malyutin
Russian artist (1859-1937).
Born October 4th, 1859 in Moscow.
Died December 6th, 1937 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Alice Eastwood
Canadian american botanist (1859-1953).
Born January 19th, 1859 in Toronto. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1953 at 94 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Aurel Stodola
Slovak scientist.
Born May 10th, 1859 in Liptovský Mikuláš.
Died December 25th, 1942 at 83 years old in Zürich.
Count Karl von Stürgkh
Minister-president of austria (1859-1916).
Born October 30th, 1859 in Graz.
Died October 21st, 1916 at 56 years old in Vienna (deliberate murder).
Johan Jensen
Danish mathematician and engineer.
Born May 8th, 1859 in Nakskov.
Died March 5th, 1925 at 65 years old in Copenhagen.
Enrico Barone
Italian economist and military historian (1859-1924).
Born December 22nd, 1859 in Naples.
Died May 14th, 1924 at 64 years old in Rome.
Elizabeth Forbes
Canadian artist (1859-1912).
Born December 29th, 1859 in Kingston.
Died March 16th, 1912 at 52 years old in Newlyn.
Christapor Mikaelian
Armenian revolutionary (1859–1905).
Born October 18th, 1859 in Ashagy Aylis.
Died March 1st, 1905 at 45 years old in Sofia.
Richard Semon
German zoologist (1859-1918).
Born August 22nd, 1859 in Berlin. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1918 at 59 years old in Munich. [ref]
James Willard Schultz
American historian.
Born August 26th, 1859 in Boonville.
Died June 11th, 1947 at 87 years old in Wind River Indian Reservation.
Jacques Loeb
German-american physiologist and biologist (1859-1924).
Born April 7th, 1859 in Mayen.
Died February 11th, 1924 at 64 years old in Hamilton.
Edward Martyn
Irish nationalist and cultural activist (1859-1923).
Born January 31st, 1859 in County Galway.
Died December 15th, 1923 at 64 years old in County Galway (brain cancer).
Anatole Le Braz
Breton writer and scholar (1859–1926).
Born April 2nd, 1859 in Duault.
Died March 20th, 1926 at 66 years old in Menton.
Ogata Gekkō
Japanese artist (1859-1920).
Born October 10th, 1859 in Yazaemonchō. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1920 at 60 years old in Ushigome-ku. [ref]
Cecilia Grierson
Argentine physician (1859-1934).
Born November 22nd, 1859 in Buenos Aires.
Died April 10th, 1934 at 74 years old in Buenos Aires.
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