Famous Birthdays In 1859

Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) was born on this day in history.

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)

Jan 09 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born on this day in history.

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)

Jan 09 Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries) was born on this day in history.

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)

Jan 13 In the year 1859 birth of karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)

Jan 13 Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born in the year 1859.

Jan 15 Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920) was born in the year 1859.

Jan 19 On this day in history birth of alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)

Jan 21 On this day in history birth of antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer

Jan 24 In the year 1859 birth of alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer

Jan 27 In the year 1859 birth of wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)

Jan 30 Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (d. 1944) was born in the year 1859.

Feb 01 On this day in history birth of victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)

Feb 02 On this day in history birth of havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)

Feb 03 Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (d. 1935) was born in the year 1859.

Feb 04 Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (d. 1881) was born on this day in history.

Feb 08 On this day in history birth of john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)

Feb 10 In the year 1859 birth of alexandre Millerand, French President (d. 1943)

Feb 13 Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist was born on this day in history.

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of william Strang, Scottish painter/engraver

Feb 14 George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) was born on this day in history.

Feb 18 Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof) was born in the year 1859.

Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) was born in the year 1859.

Mar 08 Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows) was born on this day in history.

Mar 08 On this day in history birth of otto Taubmann, composer

Mar 12 Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (d. 1896) was born in the year 1859.

Mar 12 In the year 1859 birth of josef Cyril Sychra, composer

Mar 13 Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83) was born on this day in history.

Mar 16 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906) was born on this day in history.

Mar 26 Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.

Mar 26 A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) was born on this day in history.

Mar 26 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer was born on this day in history.

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Jan 08 In the year 1859 antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50

Jan 20 In the year 1859 b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73

Jan 27 On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74

Jan 28 Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) died on this day in history.

Feb 06 On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45

Feb 23 In the year 1859 death of zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)

Feb 26 Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1859.

Mar 01 Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.