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In the year 1863
370 Notable birthdays
Leo Baekeland
Belgium american inventor (1863-1944).
Born November 14th, 1863 in Ghent.
Died February 23rd, 1944 at 80 years old in Beacon (cerebral hemorrhage).
Paul Signac
French painter (1863–1935).
Born November 11th, 1863 in Paris.
Died August 15th, 1935 at 71 years old in Paris (sepsis).
Austen Chamberlain
British politician (1863-1937).
Born October 16th, 1863 in Birmingham.
Died March 17th, 1937 at 73 years old in London.
Bob Fitzsimmons
British boxer (1863-1917).
Born May 26th, 1863 in Helston.
Died October 22nd, 1917 at 54 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
C. Aubrey Smith
British actor (1863-1948).
Born July 21st, 1863 in London.
Died December 20th, 1948 at 85 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
Margaret Murray
British egyptologist and anthropologist (1863-1963).
Born July 13th, 1863 in Kolkata. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1963 at 100 years old in Welwyn. [ref]
Henry Royce
English engineer, car designer, co-founder of rolls-royce.
Born March 27th, 1863 in Huntingdonshire.
Died April 22nd, 1933 at 70 years old in West Wittering.
Annie Jump Cannon
American astronomer (1863-1941).
Born December 11th, 1863 in Dover.
Died April 13th, 1941 at 77 years old in Cambridge.
Charles Chaplin Sr.
English music hall entertainer (1863-1901).
Born March 18th, 1863 in Marylebone.
Died May 9th, 1901 at 38 years old in Lisbon (liver cirrhosis).
Richard Warren Sears
American businessman (1863–1914).
Born December 7th, 1863 in Stewartville.
Died September 28th, 1914 at 50 years old in Waukesha (nephritis).
Katharine Lee Bates
American poet and songwriter (1859-1929).
Born October 16th, 1863 in Falmouth. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1929 at 65 years old in Wellesley. [ref]
William Gibbs McAdoo
American politician (1863-1941).
Born October 31st, 1863 in Marietta.
Died February 1st, 1941 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
W. W. JOSE
English author of short stories and novels.
Born September 8th, 1863 in Wapping. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1943 at 79 years old in Islington. [ref]
Mary Church Terrell
American activist and suffragette (1863–1954).
Born September 23rd, 1863 in Memphis.
Died July 24th, 1954 at 90 years old in Annapolis.
Upendrakishore Ray
Indian artist (1863-1915).
Born May 10th, 1863 in Mymensingh District.
Died December 20th, 1915 at 52 years old in Giridih.
Reinhard Scheer
German admiral (1863-1928).
Born September 30th, 1863 in Obernkirchen.
Died November 26th, 1928 at 65 years old in Marktredwitz.
Pietro Mascagni
Italian composer known for operas (1863–1945).
Born December 7th, 1863 in Livorno.
Died August 2nd, 1945 at 81 years old in Rome.
Martin van Maële
French illustrator (1863–1926).
Born October 12th, 1863 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died September 5th, 1926 at 62 years old in Varennes-Jarcy.
Wilhelm Marx
German politician (1863–1946).
Born January 15th, 1863 in Cologne.
Died August 5th, 1946 at 83 years old in Bonn.
Charles Spearman
English psychologist (1863-1945).
Born September 10th, 1863 in London.
Died September 17th, 1945 at 82 years old in London.
Werner Sombart
German economist, sociologist, historian (1863-1941).
Born January 19th, 1863 in Ermsleben.
Died May 18th, 1941 at 78 years old in Berlin.
Franz von Hipper
German imperial navy admiral (1863–1932).
Born September 13th, 1863 in Weilheim in Oberbayern.
Died May 25th, 1932 at 68 years old in Othmarschen.
Vladimir Vernadsky
Russian and soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology.
Born March 12th, 1863 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 6th, 1945 at 81 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Arthur Henderson
British politician (1863-1935).
Born September 13th, 1863 in Glasgow.
Died October 20th, 1935 at 72 years old in London.
Gaston Doumergue
French lawyer and statesman (1863-1937).
Born August 1st, 1863 in Aigues-Vives. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1937 at 73 years old in Aigues-Vives (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
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