Famous Birthdays In 1856

Apr 12 In the year 1856 birth of william M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen)  

Apr 22 In the year 1856 birth of [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans)  

Apr 24 On this day in history birth of henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)  

Apr 26 In the year 1856 birth of sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)  

May 06 Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909) was born on this day in history.  

May 06 Sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology was born in the year 1856.  

May 13 In the year 1856 birth of peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art  

May 13 Tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938) was born on this day in history.  

May 15 In the year 1856 birth of lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)  

May 20 In the year 1856 birth of henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter  

May 25 Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942) was born in the year 1856.  

May 26 On this day in history birth of george Templeton Strong, composer  

Jun 08 Natalia Janotha, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jun 14 On this day in history birth of andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)  

Jun 19 In the year 1856 birth of elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia)  

Jun 22 In the year 1856 birth of henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)  

Jun 30 Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers) was born in the year 1856.  

Jul 06 In the year 1856 birth of edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT  

Jul 07 George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England) was born in the year 1856.  

Jul 09 In the year 1856 birth of daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum)  

Jul 10 On this day in history birth of nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, developed alternating current and the Tesla Coil  

Jul 15 Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain) was born in the year 1856.  

Jul 21 Harry A P Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 21 Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st US woman architect was born on this day in history.  

Jul 23 Arthur H Bird, composer was born in the year 1856.  

Jul 23 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader was born on this day in history.  

Jul 24 Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 26 On this day in history birth of george Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925)  

Jul 30 On this day in history birth of richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith)  

Aug 01 George Coulthard, Former Australian rules footballer and cricketer (d. 1883) was born in the year 1856.  

Aug 03 On this day in history birth of alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)  

Aug 10 In the year 1856 birth of paul Geisler, composer  

Aug 12 In the year 1856 birth of "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. 1917)  

Aug 15 On this day in history birth of j Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament  

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Jan 05 In the year 1856 pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67  

Jan 11 Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] in the year 1856.  

Jan 12 On this day in history death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)  

Jan 16 In the year 1856 death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)  

Jan 17 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1856.  

Jan 24 On this day in history death of rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)  

Feb 08 Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773) died in the year 1856.  

Feb 17 On this day in history heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris