{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1856

Jan 06 Giuseppe Martucci, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)  

Jan 09 Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of stevan Mokranjac, composer  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer  

Jan 12 John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14 In the year 1856 birth of j. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)  

Jan 18 Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) was born in the year 1856.  

Jan 18 In the year 1856 birth of john Hyatt Brewer, composer  

Feb 02 In the year 1856 birth of makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer  

Feb 05 Otto Brahm, German critic/founder (Neue Deutsche Rundschau) was born in the year 1856.  

Feb 14 On this day in history birth of frank Harris, England, journalist/writer (My Life & Loves)  

Feb 15 In the year 1856 birth of emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)  

Feb 15 On this day in history birth of frank Harris, Galway England, writer  

Feb 16 Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 16 In the year 1856 birth of willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)  

Feb 21 Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 25 In the year 1856 birth of charles Lang Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1876]  

Mar 01 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw) was born in the year 1856.  

Mar 04 Alfred William Rich, English painter (d. 1921) was born in the year 1856.  

Mar 04 Toru Dutt, English and French poet and author (d. 1877) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 07 On this day in history birth of matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)  

Mar 08 Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929) was born in the year 1856.  

Mar 08 Tom Roberts, Australian artist (d. 1931) was born in the year 1856.  

Mar 09 Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (d. 1928) was born in the year 1856.  

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of e Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince  

Mar 17 On this day in history birth of mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)  

Mar 20 In the year 1856 birth of frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management  

Mar 20 Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 26 David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda was born in the year 1856.  

Apr 01 Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933) was born in the year 1856.  

Apr 05 In the year 1856 birth of booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp)  

Apr 11 Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent) was born in the year 1856.  

Apr 11 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India was born in the year 1856.  

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Jan 05 Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jan 11 Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23] on this day in history.  

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

Jan 16 On this day in history death of thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)  

Jan 17 In the year 1856 thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41  

Jan 24 Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1856.  

Feb 08 On this day in history death of agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)  

Feb 17 Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris on this day in history.