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In the year 1886
669 Notable birthdays
Van Wyck Brooks
American literary critic, biographer and historian (1886–1963).
Born February 16th, 1886 in Plainfield.
Died May 2nd, 1963 at 77 years old in Bridgewater.
Manuel Bandeira
Brazilian writer (1886–1968).
Born April 19th, 1886 in Recife.
Died October 13th, 1968 at 82 years old in Rio de Janeiro (tuberculosis).
Itzhak Katzenelson
Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist, murdered in holocaust (1886-1944).
Born July 1st, 1886 in Kareličy.
Died May 1st, 1944 at 57 years old in Auschwitz (cyanide poisoning).
George Cœdès
French historian (1886–1969).
Born August 10th, 1886 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 2nd, 1969 at 83 years old in Paris.
Raicho Hiratsuka
Japanese anarchist feminist (1886–1971).
Born February 10th, 1886 in Tokyo.
Died May 24th, 1971 at 85 years old
Rensuke Isogai
Japanese general (1886–1967).
Born September 3rd, 1886 in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Died June 6th, 1967 at 80 years old in Japan.
Raymond Moley
American presidential advisor.
Born September 27th, 1886 in Berea.
Died February 18th, 1975 at 88 years old in Phoenix.
Nikolay Gumilev
Russian poet (1886-1921).
Born April 15th, 1886 in Kronstadt.
Died August 26th, 1921 at 35 years old in Saint Petersburg (gunshot wound). [ref]
Philip Khuri Hitti
Lebanese-american academic and authority on the middle east (1886-1978).
Born June 22nd, 1886 in Shemlan.
Died December 24th, 1978 at 92 years old in Princeton.
Ernst Robert Curtius
German philologist and literary scholar (1886–1956).
Born April 14th, 1886 in Thann.
Died April 19th, 1956 at 70 years old in Rome.
Henry Skillman Breckinridge
American olympic fencer, lawyer and politician (1886–1960).
Born May 25th, 1886 in Chicago.
Died May 2nd, 1960 at 73 years old in New York City.
Mikhail Tereshchenko
Politician (1886–1956).
Born March 30th, 1886 in Kyiv.
Died April 1st, 1956 at 70 years old in Monte Carlo.
Charlie Macartney
Australian cricketer (1886-1958).
Born June 27th, 1886 in Maitland. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1958 at 72 years old in Little Bay.
Marcel Riesz
Hungarian mathematician (1886–1969).
Born November 16th, 1886 in Győr.
Died September 4th, 1969 at 82 years old in Lund.
Luis Alberni
Actor (1886-1962).
Born October 4th, 1886 in Barcelona.
Died December 23rd, 1962 at 76 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Ceferino Namuncurá
Beatified argentine (1886-1905).
Born August 26th, 1886 in Chimpay.
Died May 11th, 1905 at 18 years old in Frascati (tuberculosis).
Sergio Panunzio
Revolutionary syndicalist and italian fascist (1886-1944).
Born July 20th, 1886 in Molfetta.
Died October 8th, 1944 at 58 years old in Rome.
Hans von Obstfelder
German general (1886–1976).
Born September 6th, 1886 in Steinbach-Hallenberg.
Died December 20th, 1976 at 90 years old in Wiesbaden.
Seigō Nakano
Japanese journalist and politician (1886–1943).
Born February 12th, 1886 in Fukuoka.
Died October 27th, 1943 at 57 years old in Yoyogi (stabbing).
Robert Robinson
English chemist (1886-1975).
Born September 13th, 1886 in Rufford.
Died February 8th, 1975 at 88 years old in Great Missenden.
Boris Eikhenbaum
Russian historian (1886–1959).
Born October 16th, 1886 in Krasny.
Died November 24th, 1959 at 73 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Nicolae Tonitza
Romanian painter (1886-1940).
Born April 13th, 1886 in Bârlad.
Died February 27th, 1940 at 53 years old in Bucharest.
Baladine Klossowska
French painter (1886-1969).
Born October 21st, 1886 in Wrocław.
Died September 11th, 1969 at 82 years old in Bagneux.
Edgar Rubin
Danish psychologist (1886–1951).
Born September 6th, 1886 in Copenhagen.
Died May 3rd, 1951 at 64 years old in Holte (myocardial infarction).
Michitarō Komatsubara
Japanese general (1885–1940).
Born July 20th, 1886 in Yokohama.
Died October 6th, 1940 at 54 years old in Tokyo (stomach cancer).
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