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In the year 1869
340 Notable birthdays
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948).
Born October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1948 at 78 years old in Gandhi Smriti (gunshot wound). [ref]
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic (1869–1916).
Born January 21st, 1869 in Pokrovskoye.
Died December 30th, 1916 at 47 years old in Saint Petersburg (drowning, gunshot wound).
Neville Chamberlain
Prime minister of the united kingdom from 1937 to 1940.
Born March 18th, 1869 in Birmingham.
Died November 9th, 1940 at 71 years old in Reading (colorectal cancer).
Frederick Trump
American businessman (1869–1918).
Born March 14th, 1869 in Kallstadt.
Died May 27th, 1918 at 49 years old in Woodhaven (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Typhoid Mary
Infected houseworker in new york city.
Born September 23rd, 1869 in Cookstown.
Died November 11th, 1938 at 69 years old in North Brother Island (pneumonia).
Henri Matisse
French artist (1869–1954).
Born December 31st, 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambrésis. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1954 at 84 years old in Nice (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Emilio Aguinaldo
President of the philippines from 1899 to 1902.
Born March 22nd, 1869 in Kawit.
Died February 6th, 1964 at 94 years old in Manila (cardiovascular disease).
Emma Goldman
Russian anarchist.
Born June 27th, 1869 in Kaunas.
Died May 14th, 1940 at 70 years old in Toronto (stroke).
Kasturba Gandhi
Wife of mahatma gandhi, an indian leader of british era (1869-1944).
Born April 11th, 1869 in Porbandar.
Died February 22nd, 1944 at 74 years old in Aga Khan Palace (myocardial infarction, bronchopneumonia).
Maud of Wales
British princess (1869-1938), queen consort of norway from 1905 to 1938.
Born November 26th, 1869 in Marlborough House.
Died November 20th, 1938 at 68 years old in Sandringham House (myocardial infarction).
Nadezhda Krupskaya
Russian revolutionary and politician (1869-1939).
Born February 26th, 1869 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1939 at 70 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Edwin Lutyens
British architect (1869–1944).
Born March 29th, 1869 in London.
Died January 1st, 1944 at 74 years old in London.
André Gide
French author and nobel laureate (1869–1951).
Born November 22nd, 1869 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1951 at 82 years old in Paris. [ref]
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
German general.
Born May 18th, 1869 in Munich.
Died August 2nd, 1955 at 86 years old in Starnberg.
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
King of italy from 1900 to 1946.
Born November 11th, 1869 in Naples. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1947 at 78 years old in Alexandria. [ref]
Charley Grapewin
American actor (1869-1956).
Born December 20th, 1869 in Xenia.
Died February 2nd, 1956 at 86 years old in Corona.
Bogd Khan
Great khan of outer mongolia (1869–1924).
Born October 13th, 1869 in Litang County.
Died April 17th, 1924 at 54 years old in Ulaanbaatar (laryngeal cancer).
Henri Désiré Landru
Sentenced to death in france.
Born April 12th, 1869 in 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 25th, 1922 at 52 years old in Versailles (decapitation by guillotine). [ref]
Calouste Gulbenkian
Armenian businessman, art collector and philanthropist (1869-1955).
Born March 29th, 1869 in Üsküdar. [ref]
Died July 20th, 1955 at 86 years old in Lisbon.
Algernon Blackwood
English short story writer and novelist (1869–1951).
Born March 14th, 1869 in London, Greenwich.
Died December 10th, 1951 at 82 years old in London, Beckenham (cardiovascular disease).
Winsor McCay
American cartoonist and animator.
Born September 26th, 1869 in Spring Lake.
Died July 26th, 1934 at 64 years old in Brooklyn (stroke).
Robbie Ross
Canadian journalist and art critic (1869-1918).
Born May 25th, 1869 in Tours. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1918 at 49 years old in London. [ref]
William Hale Thompson
American politician (1869–1944).
Born May 14th, 1869 in Boston.
Died March 19th, 1944 at 74 years old in The Blackstone Hotel.
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
Prince of greece and denmark (1869-1957).
Born June 24th, 1869 in Corfu.
Died November 25th, 1957 at 88 years old in Saint-Cloud.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American lawyer, watch tower society president (1869–1942).
Born November 8th, 1869 in Morgan County.
Died January 8th, 1942 at 72 years old in San Diego (colorectal cancer).
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