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In the year 1856

299 Notable birthdays

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942).

Born October 28th, 1856 in San Francisco.

Died February 9th, 1942 at 85 years old in San Francisco.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell

American educator and legal scholar (1856–1943).

Born December 13th, 1856 in Boston.

Died January 6th, 1943 at 86 years old in Boston.

George Frederick Kunz

American mineralogist (1856-1932).

Born September 29th, 1856 in New York City.

Died June 29th, 1932 at 75 years old in New York City.

Wojciech Kossak

Polish painter (1856–1942).

Born December 31st, 1856 in Paris.

Died July 29th, 1942 at 85 years old in Kraków.

Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac

Serbian composer (1856-1914).

Born January 9th, 1856 in Negotin.

Died September 28th, 1914 at 58 years old in Skopje.

Enrico Ferri

Criminologist (1856-1929).

Born February 25th, 1856 in San Benedetto Po. [ref]

Died April 12th, 1929 at 73 years old in Rome. [ref]

Alexander Izvolsky

Russian diplomat (1856-1919).

Born March 18th, 1856 in Moscow. [ref]

Died August 16th, 1919 at 63 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Moses Gaster

British-romanian academic and rabbi.

Born September 17th, 1856 in Bucharest.

Died March 5th, 1939 at 82 years old in Abingdon-on-Thames.

A. D. Gordon

Russian-jewish philosopher, worker, and educator.

Born June 9th, 1856 in Troianiv. [ref]

Died February 22nd, 1922 at 65 years old in Degania Alef (laryngeal cancer). [ref]

Peter Henry Emerson

British writer and photographer.

Born May 13th, 1856 in Sagua La Grande. [ref]

Died May 12th, 1936 at 79 years old in Falmouth. [ref]

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