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

Apr 12 William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen) was born in the year 1856.  

Apr 22 On this day in history birth of [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans)  

Apr 24 In the year 1856 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 In the year 1856 birth of robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909)  

May 06 On this day in history birth of sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology  

May 13 Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art was born in the year 1856.  

May 13 In the year 1856 birth of tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938)  

May 15 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)  

May 26 In the year 1856 birth of george Templeton Strong, composer  

Jun 08 In the year 1856 birth of natalia Janotha, composer  

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

Jun 19 Elbert Hubbard, US, editor/publisher/author (Message to Garcia) was born in the year 1856.  

Jun 22 Henry Rider Haggard, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 30 Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 06 On this day in history birth of edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT  

Jul 07 George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 09 On this day in history 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 in the year 1856.  

Jul 21 On this day in history birth of louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st US woman architect  

Jul 23 Arthur H Bird, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 23 On this day in history birth of bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader  

Jul 24 In the year 1856 birth of charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (d. 1941)  

Jul 26 George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925) was born in the year 1856.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 03 Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 10 On this day in history birth of paul Geisler, composer  

Aug 12 "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 15 J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament was born in the year 1856.  

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Jan 05 On this day in history 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 In the year 1856 death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)  

Jan 16 Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.  

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

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 Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris in the year 1856.