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In the year 1857

252 Notable birthdays

Juan Luna

Filipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899).

Born October 25th, 1857 in Badoc. [ref]

Died December 7th, 1899 at 42 years old in Hong Kong (disease).

Pius XI

Pope of the catholic church from 1922 to 1939.

Born May 31st, 1857 in Desio. [ref]

Died February 10th, 1939 at 81 years old in Vatican City (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Theo van Gogh

Dutch art dealer, brother of vincent (1857-1891).

Born May 1st, 1857 in Zundert. [ref]

Died January 25th, 1891 at 33 years old in Utrecht (syphilis). [ref]

Ida Tarbell

American journalist (1857-1944).

Born November 5th, 1857 in Erie County.

Died January 6th, 1944 at 86 years old in Bridgeport (pneumonia).

Thorstein Veblen

American academic.

Born July 30th, 1857 in Cato, Manitowoc County. [ref]

Died August 3rd, 1929 at 72 years old in Menlo Park.

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia

Russian grand duke (1857-1905).

Born May 11th, 1857 in Tsarskoye Selo.

Died February 17th, 1905 at 47 years old in Moscow.

Le Pétomane

French entertainer (1857-1945).

Born June 1st, 1857 in Marseille. [ref]

Died August 8th, 1945 at 88 years old in Toulon. [ref]

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Russian and soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935).

Born September 17th, 1857 in Izhevskoe.

Died September 19th, 1935 at 78 years old in Kaluga. [ref]

Karl Pearson

English mathematician and biometrician.

Born March 27th, 1857 in London. [ref]

Died April 27th, 1936 at 79 years old in Coldharbour. [ref]

Ronald Ross

Indian-british doctor, nobel laureate, writer, and artist.

Born May 13th, 1857 in Almora. [ref]

Died September 16th, 1932 at 75 years old in London. [ref]

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