Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1856

Apr 12 On this day in history birth of william M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen)  

Apr 22 In the year 1856 birth of [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans)  

Apr 24 Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) was born in the year 1856.  

Apr 26 Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930) was born in the year 1856.  

May 06 In the year 1856 birth of robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909)  

May 06 On this day in history birth of sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology  

May 13 Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art was born on this day in history.  

May 13 On this day in history birth of tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938)  

May 15 On this day in history birth of lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)  

May 20 In the year 1856 birth of henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter  

May 25 Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.  

May 26 In the year 1856 birth of george Templeton Strong, composer  

Jun 08 On this day in history birth of natalia Janotha, composer  

Jun 14 Andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain) was born in the year 1856.  

Jun 19 In the year 1856 birth of elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia)  

Jun 22 In the year 1856 birth of henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)  

Jun 30 Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers) was born in the year 1856.  

Jul 06 On this day in history birth of edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT  

Jul 07 In the year 1856 birth of george Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England)  

Jul 09 Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum) was born in the year 1856.  

Jul 10 On this day in history birth of nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil  

Jul 15 On this day in history birth of owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain)  

Jul 21 Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 21 On this day in history birth of louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st US woman architect  

Jul 23 In the year 1856 birth of arthur H Bird, composer  

Jul 23 In the year 1856 birth of bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader  

Jul 24 Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 26 George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) was born in the year 1856.  

Jul 30 On this day in history birth of richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith)  

Aug 01 On this day in history birth of george Coulthard, Former Australian rules footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)  

Aug 03 Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 10 In the year 1856 birth of paul Geisler, composer  

Aug 12 "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. 1917) was born in the year 1856.  

Aug 15 On this day in history birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament  

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Jan 05 In the year 1856 pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67  

Jan 11 In the year 1856 nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]  

Jan 12 Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16 Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17 In the year 1856 thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41  

Jan 24 Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) died on this day in history.  

Feb 08 In the year 1856 death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)  

Feb 17 In the year 1856 heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris