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In the year 1865
329 Notable birthdays
Logan Pearsall Smith
British american-born writer.
Born October 18th, 1865 in Millville.
Died March 2nd, 1946 at 80 years old in London.
Henry Norris (businessman)
English businessman, politician and football club director (1865-1934).
Born July 23rd, 1865 in London.
Died July 30th, 1934 at 69 years old in London.
Herbert Fisher
British politician (1865-1940).
Born March 21st, 1865 in London.
Died April 18th, 1940 at 75 years old in London.
Rainis
Latvian poet (1865–1929).
Born September 11th, 1865 in Dunava.
Died September 12th, 1929 at 64 years old in Jūrmala.
Tan Sitong
Chinese philosopher (1865-1898).
Born March 10th, 1865 in Beijing.
Died September 28th, 1898 at 33 years old in Beijing (decapitation).
Lionel Dunsterville
British army general (1865-1946).
Born November 9th, 1865 in United Kingdom.
Died March 18th, 1946 at 80 years old in Torquay.
Henri Desgrange
French racing cyclist, journalist and organiser of the first tour de france (1865–1940).
Born January 31st, 1865 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 16th, 1940 at 75 years old in Grimaud.
Epitácio Pessoa
Brazilian politician and judge (1865-1942).
Born May 23rd, 1865 in Umbuzeiro.
Died February 13th, 1942 at 76 years old in Petrópolis (Parkinson's disease).
Nikola Zhekov
Bulgarian general (1865-1949).
Born January 6th, 1865 in Sliven.
Died November 1st, 1949 at 84 years old in Füssen.
Yoshitsugu Yamashita
Japanese judoka (1865–1935).
Born February 16th, 1865 in Kanazawa.
Died October 26th, 1935 at 70 years old
Václav Laurin
Czech entrepreneur (1865–1930).
Born September 27th, 1865 in Kamení. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1930 at 65 years old in New Town. [ref]
José Asunción Silva
Colombian author (1865-1896).
Born November 27th, 1865 in Bogotá.
Died May 24th, 1896 at 30 years old in Bogotá.
Lucjan Żeligowski
Polish officer (1865-1947).
Born October 17th, 1865 in Ašmiany.
Died July 9th, 1947 at 81 years old in London.
Albéric Magnard
French composer (1865-1914).
Born June 9th, 1865 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1914 at 49 years old in Baron. [ref]
Aleksandr Samoylovich Martynov
Russian politician (1865–1935).
Born December 24th, 1865 in Pinsk.
Died June 5th, 1935 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Eduardo Di Capua
Italian singer-songwriter.
Born May 12th, 1865 in Naples. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1917 at 52 years old in Milan, Naples.
Pekka Halonen
Finnish painter (1865-1933).
Born September 23rd, 1865 in Lapinlahti.
Died December 1st, 1933 at 68 years old in Tuusula.
Louis Borno
President of haiti (1865-1942).
Born September 20th, 1865 in Port-au-Prince.
Died July 29th, 1942 at 76 years old in Pétion-Ville.
Arthur Harden
British biochemist.
Born October 12th, 1865 in Manchester.
Died June 17th, 1940 at 74 years old in Bourne End.
Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay
Indian writer.
Born April 15th, 1865 in Nizamabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Died March 16th, 1947 at 81 years old in Nizamabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Bernard Lazare
French jewish literary critic, political journalist, polemicist, and anarchist (1865-1903).
Born June 14th, 1865 in Nîmes.
Died September 1st, 1903 at 38 years old in Paris (cancer). [ref]
George Barbier
American actor.
Born November 19th, 1865 in Philadelphia.
Died July 19th, 1945 at 79 years old in Hollywood.
Dennis Joseph Dougherty
Catholic cardinal (1865-1951).
Born August 16th, 1865 in Ashland.
Died May 31st, 1951 at 85 years old in Philadelphia (stroke).
Jacques Mieses
German-british chess player and chess book author.
Born February 27th, 1865 in Leipzig.
Died February 23rd, 1954 at 88 years old in London.
William Morton Wheeler
U.s. entomologist, myrmecologist and harvard professor (1865–1937).
Born March 19th, 1865 in Milwaukee.
Died April 19th, 1937 at 72 years old in Cambridge.
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