Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1859

Aug 04 In the year 1859 birth of knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)  

Aug 06 On this day in history birth of j Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon)  

Aug 12 In the year 1859 birth of katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)  

Aug 19 In the year 1859 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 AAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité, Les Preuves) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 04 In the year 1859 birth of edoardo Mascheroni, composer  

Sep 11 Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 17 In the year 1859 birth of frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator  

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 in the year 1859.  

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 Julius Klengel, cellist/composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Oct 14 On this day in history birth of camille Chevillard, composer  

Oct 15 Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 17 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds) was born in the year 1859.  

Oct 18 In the year 1859 birth of henri Bergson, France, philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927)  

Oct 19 In the year 1859 birth of georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains)  

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

Oct 20 In the year 1859 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 Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn) was born in the year 1859.  

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

Nov 01 On this day in history birth of william Henry Grattan Flood, composer  

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 in the year 1859.  

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

Jan 20 On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73  

Jan 27 On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74  

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 In the year 1859 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 in the year 1859.  

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