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In the year 1886

576 Notable birthdays

Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke

British noble (1886-1960); eldest child of prince henry of battenberg and princess beatrice of the united kingdom; grandson of queen victoria.

Born November 23rd, 1886 in Windsor Castle.

Died February 23rd, 1960 at 73 years old in Kensington Palace.

Margaret Woodrow Wilson

Acting first lady of the united states (1914-1915).

Born April 16th, 1886 in Georgia.

Died February 12th, 1944 at 57 years old in Pondicherry (uremia).

Edward Weston

American photographer (1886-1958).

Born March 24th, 1886 in Highland Park. [ref]

Died January 1st, 1958 at 71 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican painter and muralist (1908–1974).

Born December 29th, 1886 in Chihuahua City.

Died January 6th, 1974 at 87 years old in Cuernavaca.

Robert Schuman

Luxembourgish-born german-french statesman and venerable (1886-1963).

Born June 29th, 1886 in Luxembourg. [ref]

Died September 4th, 1963 at 77 years old in Scy-Chazelles. [ref]

Joyce Kilmer

American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier.

Born December 6th, 1886 in New Brunswick.

Died July 30th, 1918 at 31 years old in Seringes-et-Nesles.

Kurt Hahn

German educator (1886-1974).

Born June 5th, 1886 in Berlin.

Died December 14th, 1974 at 88 years old in Heiligenberg.

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Japanese author (1886–1965).

Born July 24th, 1886 in Nihonbashi-ku.

Died July 30th, 1965 at 79 years old in Atami (myocardial infarction).

Wilhelm Furtwängler

German conductor and composer (1886–1954).

Born January 25th, 1886 in Schöneberg.

Died November 30th, 1954 at 68 years old in Baden-Baden (pneumonia).

Béla Kun

Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the hungarian soviet republic in 1919, people's commissar of foreign affairs.

Born February 20th, 1886 in Cehu Silvaniei. [ref]

Died August 29th, 1938 at 52 years old in Moscow (execution). [ref]

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