Famous Birthdays In 1859

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

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)  

Jan 09 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)  

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

Jan 11 In the year 1859 birth of [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)  

Jan 13 Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature) was born in the year 1859.  

Jan 13 In the year 1859 birth of kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)  

Jan 15 Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920) was born in the year 1859.  

Jan 19 In the year 1859 birth of alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)  

Jan 21 In the year 1859 birth of antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer  

Jan 24 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer was born in the year 1859.  

Jan 27 On this day in history birth of wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)  

Jan 30 Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (d. 1944) was born in the year 1859.  

Feb 01 In the year 1859 birth of victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)  

Feb 02 On this day in history birth of havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)  

Feb 03 Hugo Junkers, German aircraft designer (d. 1935) was born in the year 1859.  

Feb 04 Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (d. 1881) was born in the year 1859.  

Feb 08 In the year 1859 birth of john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)  

Feb 10 On this day in history birth of alexandre Millerand, French President (d. 1943)  

Feb 13 Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist was born in the year 1859.  

Feb 13 William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver was born on this day in history.  

Feb 14 George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 18 In the year 1859 birth of sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)  

Feb 19 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) was born in the year 1859.  

Mar 08 On this day in history birth of kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows)  

Mar 08 Otto Taubmann, composer was born in the year 1859.  

Mar 12 On this day in history birth of abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (d. 1896)  

Mar 12 Josef Cyril Sychra, composer was born in the year 1859.  

Mar 13 On this day in history birth of ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)  

Mar 16 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906) was born in the year 1859.  

Mar 26 Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919) was born in the year 1859.  

Mar 26 A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 26 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer was born on this day in history.  

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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 On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45  

Feb 23 Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died in the year 1859.  

Feb 26 Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1859.  

Mar 01 In the year 1859 josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61