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In the year 1862
348 Notable birthdays
Victor, Prince Napoléon
Prince of france (1862-1926).
Born July 18th, 1862 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1926 at 63 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Billy Hughes
Australian politician (1862–1952), 7th prime minister of australia from 1915 to 1923.
Born September 25th, 1862 in London.
Died October 28th, 1952 at 90 years old in Sydney.
Loïe Fuller
American dancer (1862–1928).
Born January 15th, 1862 in Fullersburg.
Died January 1st, 1928 at 65 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (pneumonia).
Arthur Schnitzler
Austrian writer (1862-1931).
Born May 15th, 1862 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1931 at 69 years old in Vienna (stroke, cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Victoria of Baden
Queen consort of sweden (1907-1930).
Born August 7th, 1862 in Karlsruhe.
Died April 4th, 1930 at 67 years old in Rome.
William Walker Atkinson
Attorney/merchant/publisher/author/occultist/american pioneer of the new thought movement (1862–1932).
Born December 5th, 1862 in Baltimore.
Died November 22nd, 1932 at 69 years old in Los Angeles.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
British liberal statesman (1862-1933).
Born April 25th, 1862 in Fallodon.
Died September 7th, 1933 at 71 years old in Fallodon.
Maurice Maeterlinck
Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949).
Born August 29th, 1862 in Ghent. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1949 at 86 years old in Nice. [ref]
Aristide Briand
Politician, statesman, and nobel peace prize laureate from france (1862-1932).
Born March 28th, 1862 in Nantes. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1932 at 69 years old in Paris. [ref]
Julius Rosenwald
American businessman (1862–1932).
Born August 12th, 1862 in Springfield.
Died January 6th, 1932 at 69 years old in Highland Park.
Gustav Ritter von Kahr
German politician (1862-1934).
Born November 29th, 1862 in Weißenburg in Bayern.
Died June 30th, 1934 at 71 years old in Dachau concentration camp.
Ugyen Wangchuck
King of bhutan (1862-1926).
Born June 11th, 1862 in Bumthang District.
Died August 21st, 1926 at 64 years old in Bumthang District.
Daniel Swarovski
Austrian crystal glass industrialist, founder of d. swarovski kg company (1862–1956).
Born October 24th, 1862 in Jiřetín pod Bukovou. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1956 at 93 years old in Wattens. [ref]
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922).
Born February 17th, 1862 in Tsuwano.
Died July 9th, 1922 at 60 years old in Tokyo (infectious disease).
James Clark McReynolds
United states federal judge and supreme court justice (1862-1946).
Born February 3rd, 1862 in Elkton.
Died August 24th, 1946 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C..
Andrew Fisher
Australian politician, fifth prime minister of australia (1862-1928).
Born August 29th, 1862 in Crosshouse.
Died October 22nd, 1928 at 66 years old in West Hampstead.
William Henry Bragg
British scientist.
Born July 2nd, 1862 in Wigton. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1942 at 79 years old in London. [ref]
Herbert Baker
British architect (1862-1946).
Born June 9th, 1862 in Owletts.
Died February 4th, 1946 at 83 years old in Owletts.
Gerhart Hauptmann
German dramatist who received the nobel prize in literature in 1912 (1862-1946).
Born November 15th, 1862 in Szczawno-Zdrój. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1946 at 83 years old in Jagniątków (bronchitis). [ref]
Nicholas Murray Butler
American philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862-1947).
Born April 2nd, 1862 in Elizabeth. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1947 at 85 years old in Manhattan.
Edward Stratemeyer
American book packager, publisher and writer (1862–1930).
Born October 4th, 1862 in Elizabeth.
Died May 10th, 1930 at 67 years old in Newark.
Cosmo Duff-Gordon
Scottish landowner and fencer.
Born July 22nd, 1862 in London.
Died April 20th, 1931 at 68 years old in Kensington.
Josephus Daniels
American ewspaper owner and politician.
Born May 18th, 1862 in Washington. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1948 at 85 years old in Raleigh. [ref]
Nikolai Yudenich
Russian general (1862-1933).
Born July 30th, 1862 in Moscow.
Died October 5th, 1933 at 71 years old in Cannes (tuberculosis).
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
British army officer & 12th governor-general of canada (1862-1935).
Born September 11th, 1862 in Middlesex.
Died June 6th, 1935 at 72 years old in Essex.
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