Famous Birthdays In 1856

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

Apr 22 [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans) was born in the year 1856.

Apr 24 Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) was born on this day in history.

Apr 26 Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930) was born on this day in history.

May 06 On this day in history 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 In the year 1856 birth of tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938)

May 15 Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) was born on this day in history.

May 20 On this day in history birth of henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter

May 25 In the year 1856 birth of louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)

May 26 On this day in history birth of george Templeton Strong, composer

Jun 08 Natalia Janotha, composer was born in the year 1856.

Jun 14 On this day in history birth of andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)

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

Jun 22 On this day in history birth of henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)

Jun 30 In the year 1856 birth of gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)

Jul 06 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT was born in the year 1856.

Jul 07 On this day in history 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 In the year 1856 birth of harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania)

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

Jul 23 Arthur H Bird, composer was born on this day in history.

Jul 23 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader was born in the year 1856.

Jul 24 In the year 1856 birth of charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941)

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

Jul 30 Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith) was born on this day in history.

Aug 01 George Coulthard, Former Australian rules footballer and cricketer (d. 1883) was born in the year 1856.

Aug 03 Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) was born in the year 1856.

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

Aug 12 In the year 1856 birth of "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. 1917)

Aug 15 In the year 1856 birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament

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Jan 05 Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 in the year 1856.

Jan 11 Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] on this day in history.

Jan 12 In the year 1856 death of Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)

Jan 16 Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died in the year 1856.

Jan 17 On this day in history 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 Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773) died in the year 1856.

Feb 17 On this day in history heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris