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In the year 1871
377 Notable birthdays
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
6th president of cuba (1871-1939).
Born August 12th, 1871 in New York City.
Died March 28th, 1939 at 67 years old in Vedado.
Victor Grignard
French chemist (1871-1935).
Born May 6th, 1871 in Cherbourg.
Died December 13th, 1935 at 64 years old in 7th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
George Washington
American inventor and businessman of anglo-belgian origin (1871–1946).
Born May 20th, 1871 in Kortrijk.
Died March 29th, 1946 at 74 years old in New Jersey.
Fedor Tokarev
Russian and soviet weapons designer (1871-1968).
Born June 14th, 1871 in Yegorlykskaya.
Died June 7th, 1968 at 96 years old in Moscow.
Arthur Tansley
British botanist (1871–1955).
Born August 15th, 1871 in London.
Died November 25th, 1955 at 84 years old in Cambridgeshire.
Hàm Nghi
Vietnamese emperor (1871-1944).
Born August 3rd, 1871 in Huế. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1944 at 72 years old in El Biar (disease). [ref]
Samuel Peploe
British artist (1871-1935).
Born January 27th, 1871 in Edinburgh.
Died October 11th, 1935 at 64 years old in Edinburgh.
Henryk Arctowski
Polish scientist and explorer (1871–1958).
Born July 15th, 1871 in Warsaw.
Died February 21st, 1958 at 86 years old in Washington, D.C..
Florine Stettheimer
American painter and designer (1871–1944).
Born August 29th, 1871 in Rochester.
Died May 11th, 1944 at 72 years old in New York City.
Ralph Nelson Elliott
American accountant (1871-1948).
Born July 28th, 1871 in Marysville.
Died January 15th, 1948 at 76 years old in New York City.
Atulprasad Sen
Indian musician and activist (1871-1934).
Born October 20th, 1871 in Dhaka.
Died August 26th, 1934 at 62 years old in Lucknow.
Christian Morgenstern
German author (1871-1914).
Born May 6th, 1871 in Munich, Theresienstraße. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1914 at 42 years old in Merano (tuberculosis). [ref]
Harry Brearley
Inventor of stainless steel (1871–1948).
Born February 18th, 1871 in Sheffield.
Died August 12th, 1948 at 77 years old in Torquay. [ref]
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
Croatian engineer and inventor (1871–1922).
Born April 20th, 1871 in Liptovský Mikuláš.
Died February 5th, 1922 at 50 years old in Zagreb (pneumonia).
Arthur Wynne
Inventor of the crossword puzzle (1871-1945).
Born June 22nd, 1871 in Liverpool.
Died January 14th, 1945 at 73 years old in Clearwater.
Hans Evers
German actor and writer (1871–1943).
Born November 3rd, 1871 in Düsseldorf.
Died June 12th, 1943 at 71 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis).
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
German duke (1871–1955).
Born August 31st, 1871 in Altenburg.
Died March 27th, 1955 at 83 years old in Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf.
Samuel Hopkins Adams
American investigative journalist (1871-1958).
Born January 26th, 1871 in Dunkirk.
Died November 16th, 1958 at 87 years old in Beaufort. [ref]
Hasyim Asy'ari
Indonesian ulema (1871-1947).
Born February 14th, 1871 in Demak, Jombang.
Died July 25th, 1947 at 76 years old in Jombang.
Shakib Arslan
Lebanese writer and philosopher (1869–1946).
Born December 25th, 1871 in Choueifat. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1946 at 74 years old in Beirut. [ref]
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Prince of lippe (1871–1949).
Born May 30th, 1871 in Oberkassel.
Died December 30th, 1949 at 78 years old in Detmold.
John Sloan
American painter (1871–1951).
Born August 2nd, 1871 in Lock Haven.
Died September 8th, 1951 at 80 years old in Hanover.
William Heard Kilpatrick
American pedagogue (1871–1965).
Born November 20th, 1871 in White Plains.
Died February 13th, 1965 at 93 years old in New Zealand.
Ivan Poddubny
Russian-soviet wrestler.
Born October 8th, 1871 in Bohodukhivka, Krasenivka.
Died August 8th, 1949 at 77 years old in Yeysk (myocardial infarction).
Dame Gruev
Bulgarian revolutionary from macedonia.
Born January 19th, 1871 in Smilevo.
Died December 23rd, 1906 at 35 years old in Rusinovo.
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