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In the year 1865
329 Notable birthdays
Robert W. Chambers
American artist, novelist, short story writer (1865–1933).
Born May 26th, 1865 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1933 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]
Archibald Leitch
British architect.
Born April 27th, 1865 in Glasgow.
Died April 25th, 1939 at 73 years old in Glasgow.
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Omaha native american, physician, and reformer (1865-1915).
Born June 17th, 1865 in Omaha Reservation.
Died September 18th, 1915 at 50 years old in Walthill.
George Chapman
Polish serial killer (1865–1903).
Born December 14th, 1865 in Poland.
Died April 7th, 1903 at 37 years old in HM Prison Wandsworth (hanging to death).
Bernard Berenson
American art critic and collector.
Born June 26th, 1865 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1959 at 94 years old in Florence. [ref]
Philipp Scheidemann
German head of government (1865-1939).
Born July 26th, 1865 in Kassel. [ref]
Died November 29th, 1939 at 74 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Alexander Glazunov
Russian composer, music teacher and conductor (1865-1936).
Born August 10th, 1865 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1936 at 70 years old in Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Abraham Isaac Kook
First ashkenazi chief rabbi of the british mandatory palestine (1865-1935).
Born September 7th, 1865 in Grīva. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1935 at 69 years old in Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem (cancer). [ref]
May Whitty
English actress (1865-1948).
Born June 19th, 1865 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1948 at 82 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer). [ref]
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
British noble (1865–1922).
Born July 15th, 1865 in Dublin. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1922 at 57 years old in London (disease). [ref]
Robert Henri
American painter (1865-1929).
Born June 24th, 1865 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1929 at 64 years old in New York City (prostate cancer). [ref]
Paul Dukas
French composer (1865–1935).
Born October 1st, 1865 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 18th, 1935 at 69 years old in Paris.
Mikao Usui
Founder of reiki (1865-1926).
Born August 15th, 1865 in Gifu Prefecture.
Died March 9th, 1926 at 60 years old in Fukuyama (stroke).
Wilson Bentley
American photographer (1867-1931).
Born February 9th, 1865 in Jericho.
Died December 23rd, 1931 at 66 years old in Jericho (pneumonia).
Félix Vallotton
Swiss painter and printmaker (1865-1925).
Born December 28th, 1865 in Lausanne. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1925 at 60 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer). [ref]
Frederick Cook
American explorer (1865-1940).
Born June 10th, 1865 in Hortonville. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1940 at 75 years old in New Rochelle. [ref]
Archibald Butt
Military aide to theodore roosevelt and william howard taft (1865–1912).
Born September 26th, 1865 in Augusta.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 46 years old in North Atlantic Ocean.
Eugene Botkin
Court physician for tsar nicholas ii.
Born June 8th, 1865 in Pushkin.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 53 years old in Yekaterinburg (ballistic trauma).
Amélie of Orléans
Queen consort of portugal (1889 - 1908).
Born September 28th, 1865 in Twickenham.
Died October 25th, 1951 at 86 years old in Le Chesnay.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Finnish painter (1865-1931).
Born May 26th, 1865 in Pori. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1931 at 65 years old in Stockholm (pneumonia). [ref]
Karl Blossfeldt
German photographer and sculptor.
Born June 6th, 1865 in Schielo. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1932 at 67 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Arthur Wharton
Ghanaian footballer (1865-1930).
Born October 28th, 1865 in Accra.
Died December 13th, 1930 at 65 years old in Edlington.
James Rudolph Garfield
American lawyer and politician (1865–1950).
Born October 17th, 1865 in Hiram. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1950 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C..
Elsie de Wolfe
American actress and interior decorator (1865-1950).
Born December 20th, 1865 in New York City.
Died July 12th, 1950 at 84 years old in Versailles.
Emma Orczy
Hungarian-born british novelist and playwright (1865-1947).
Born September 27th, 1865 in Tarnaörs.
Died November 12th, 1947 at 82 years old in Henley-on-Thames.
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