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In the year 1850
241 Notable birthdays
Giuseppe Mercalli
Italian volcanologist (1850-1914).
Born May 21st, 1850 in Milan. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1914 at 63 years old in Naples.
Basil Hall Chamberlain
British academic.
Born October 18th, 1850 in Southsea.
Died February 15th, 1935 at 84 years old in Portsmouth.
Woldemar Voigt
German physicist.
Born September 2nd, 1850 in Leipzig.
Died December 13th, 1919 at 69 years old in Göttingen.
Veronica Micle
Romanian writer.
Born April 22nd, 1850 in Năsăud. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1889 at 39 years old in Văratec (intoxication). [ref]
George Huntington
Discoverer of huntington's disease.
Born April 9th, 1850 in East Hampton.
Died March 3rd, 1916 at 65 years old in Cairo (bronchopneumonia).
Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich of Russia
Russian grand duke.
Born February 14th, 1850 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 26th, 1918 at 67 years old in Tashkent (pneumonia).
John Milne
British geologist, mining engineer and inventor of the horizontal pendulum seismograph (1850-1913).
Born December 30th, 1850 in Liverpool.
Died July 31st, 1913 at 62 years old in Shide (nephritis).
W. W. Rouse Ball
English mathematician.
Born August 14th, 1850 in Hampstead. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1925 at 74 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Alphonse Pénaud
French engineer (1850-1880).
Born May 31st, 1850 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1880 at 30 years old in Paris. [ref]
Julius Kronberg
Swedish artist (1850-1921).
Born December 11th, 1850 in Karlskrona city community. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1921 at 70 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
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