Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1859

Aug 04 Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 06 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 12 Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 19 On this day in history birth of charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox)  

Aug 19 On this day in history birth of hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian/hagiographer  

Sep 03 On this day in history birth of aAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves)  

Sep 04 Edoardo Mascheroni, composer was born on this day in history.  

Sep 11 In the year 1859 birth of vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905)  

Sep 17 Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator was born in the year 1859.  

Sep 17 In the year 1859 birth of richard Henry Warren, composer  

Sep 18 In the year 1859 birth of john L. Bates, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)  

Sep 18 Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 20 Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator was born in the year 1859.  

Sep 21 On this day in history birth of cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave)  

Sep 24 In the year 1859 birth of julius Klengel, cellist/composer  

Oct 03 On this day in history birth of elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler)  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of henryk Pachulski, composer  

Oct 09 Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 14 Camille Chevillard, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 15 Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro) was born in the year 1859.  

Oct 17 In the year 1859 birth of william "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds)  

Oct 18 On this day in history birth of henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)  

Oct 19 Georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains) was born in the year 1859.  

Oct 20 G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of john Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer (Learn by doing)  

Oct 25 On this day in history birth of stephanie H [Lapidoth-]Swarth, Dutch author (Lonely Flowers)  

Oct 26 Arthur Friedheim, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 29 In the year 1859 birth of charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)  

Nov 01 Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC) was born in the year 1859.  

Nov 01 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 04 On this day in history birth of stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer  

Nov 15 Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960) was born in the year 1859.  

Nov 17 Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 19 In the year 1859 birth of mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)  

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Jan 08 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 in the year 1859.  

Jan 20 B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jan 27 Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Feb 26 Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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