{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1859

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)  

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

Jan 09 Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader was born in the year 1859.  

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

Jan 09 Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 13 Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15 In the year 1859 birth of archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)  

Jan 19 Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) was born in the year 1859.  

Jan 21 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 24 In the year 1859 birth of alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer  

Jan 27 Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918) was born in the year 1859.  

Jan 30 Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 01 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of john H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)  

Feb 10 Alexandre Millerand, French President (d. 1943) was born in the year 1859.  

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist  

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 In the year 1859 birth of svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)  

Mar 08 Kenneth Grahame, author (Wind, Willows) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 08 On this day in history birth of otto Taubmann, composer  

Mar 12 Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 12 Josef Cyril Sychra, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 13 In the year 1859 birth of ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)  

Mar 16 In the year 1859 birth of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906)  

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

Mar 26 In the year 1859 birth of a[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)  

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 In the year 1859 death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)  

Feb 06 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 On this day in history death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)  

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