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 In the year 1859 birth of j Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon)  

Aug 12 On this day in history birth of katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)  

Aug 19 Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox) was born in the year 1859.  

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

Sep 03 AAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves) was born in the year 1859.  

Sep 04 Edoardo Mascheroni, composer was born in the year 1859.  

Sep 11 Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905) was born in the year 1859.  

Sep 17 On this day in history birth of frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator  

Sep 17 Richard Henry Warren, composer was born in the year 1859.  

Sep 18 On this day in history birth of john L. Bates, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)  

Sep 18 On this day in history birth of lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (d. 1940)  

Sep 20 On this day in history birth of yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator  

Sep 21 Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (Sursum Corda, Ace Knave) was born in the year 1859.  

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

Oct 03 Elenora Duse, Italy, actress (Hedda Gabler) was born in the year 1859.  

Oct 04 Henryk Pachulski, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 09 On this day in history birth of alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair)  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 17 On this day in history birth of william "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds)  

Oct 18 Henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927) was born in the year 1859.  

Oct 19 Georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 20 On this day in history birth of g B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England)  

Oct 20 John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer (Learn by doing) was born in the year 1859.  

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

Oct 26 Arthur Friedheim, composer was born in the year 1859.  

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

Nov 01 Charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 01 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer was born in the year 1859.  

Nov 04 Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody) was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 08 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1859.  

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 In the year 1859 ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64  

Mar 01 On this day in history josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61