Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1859

Nov 28 On this day in history washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies  

Dec 02 On this day in history death of john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59  

Dec 05 On this day in history louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82  

Dec 08 In the year 1859 death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)  

Dec 16 Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.  

Dec 21 Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 in the year 1859.  

Dec 28 In the year 1859 thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies  

Dec 31 On this day in history luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54  

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Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress) was born in the year 1859.  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader  

Jan 09 Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) was born in the year 1859.  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)  

Jan 13 In the year 1859 birth of karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)  

Jan 13 Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born in the year 1859.