{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1861

Sep 17 Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch) was born in the year 1861.  

Sep 20 Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress (d. 1955) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 23 Edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 23 On this day in history birth of robert Bosch, German inventor and industrialist (d. 1942)  

Sep 28 In the year 1861 birth of amélie of Orléans, queen of Portugal (d. 1951)  

Sep 28 Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 30 In the year 1861 birth of william Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) (d. 1932)  

Oct 04 Frederic Remington, US, artist/sculptor of American West was born in the year 1861.  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer  

Oct 08 Theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments) was born in the year 1861.  

Oct 10 In the year 1861 birth of fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922)  

Oct 14 Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (d. 1944) was born in the year 1861.  

Oct 14 Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer was born in the year 1861.  

Oct 16 In the year 1861 birth of j. B. Bury, Irish historian (d. 1927)  

Oct 26 Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 29 Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 30 Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 03 Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist was born on this day in history.  

Nov 06 James A Naismith, inventor (basketball) was born in the year 1861.  

Nov 07 In the year 1861 birth of jeff Milton, American lawman (d. 1947)  

Nov 10 Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 14 On this day in history birth of frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)  

Nov 16 Vaclav Suk, composer was born in the year 1861.  

Nov 18 Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951) was born in the year 1861.  

Nov 21 Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet was born in the year 1861.  

Nov 23 On this day in history birth of konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)  

Nov 30 French Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 30 In the year 1861 birth of ludwig Thuille, composer  

Dec 04 On this day in history birth of lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)  

Dec 05 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 08 On this day in history birth of aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)  

Dec 08 In the year 1861 birth of william Crapo Durant, founded General Machine  

Dec 15 In the year 1861 birth of charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)  

Dec 16 Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 17 On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)  

Jan 31 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Feb 10 Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 12 Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 18 In the year 1861 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74  

Mar 10 Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 14 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.