Famous Birthdays 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 in the year 1859.

Aug 19 In the year 1859 birth of charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox)

Aug 19 Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian/hagiographer was born on this day in history.

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

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 John L. Bates, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946) was born in the year 1859.

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

Sep 20 Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator was born on this day in history.

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

Sep 24 On this day in history birth of julius Klengel, cellist/composer

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

Oct 04 In the year 1859 birth of henryk Pachulski, composer

Oct 09 Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair) was born in the year 1859.

Oct 14 Camille Chevillard, composer was born in the year 1859.

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 In the year 1859 birth of henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)

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

Oct 20 G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England) was born in the year 1859.

Oct 20 John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer (Learn by doing) was born on this day in history.

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

Oct 26 In the year 1859 birth of arthur Friedheim, composer

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

Nov 01 In the year 1859 birth of charles Brantley Aycock, (Gov-NC)

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

Nov 04 In the year 1859 birth of stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer

Nov 15 On this day in history birth of christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)

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

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

Feb 06 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.

Feb 23 In the year 1859 death of zygmunt Krasiński, 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.