Famous Personalities Born In 1859

Jan 05 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) was born in the year 1859.  

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 in the year 1859.  

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

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

Jan 11 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien) was born in the year 1859.  

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

Jan 13 On this day in history birth of kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)  

Jan 15 Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19 On this day in history birth of alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)  

Jan 21 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer was born in the year 1859.  

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 04 Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (d. 1881) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 10 Alexandre Millerand, French President (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1859.  

Feb 14 On this day in history birth of george Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)  

Feb 18 Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof) was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 12 In the year 1859 birth of josef Cyril Sychra, composer  

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 On this day in history birth of a[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)  

Mar 26 In the year 1859 birth of nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer  

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Jan 08 On this day in history antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50  

Jan 20 B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73 in the year 1859.  

Jan 27 On this day in history carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74  

Jan 28 Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) died on this day in history.  

Feb 06 In the year 1859 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45  

Feb 23 Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) died on this day in history.  

Feb 26 Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Mar 01 Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1859.