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In the year 1856
275 Notable birthdays
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-american inventor.
Born July 10th, 1856 in Smiljan. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1943 at 86 years old in Hell's Kitchen (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis.
Born May 6th, 1856 in Příbor. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1939 at 83 years old in London (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Woodrow Wilson
President of the united states from 1913 to 1921.
Born December 28th, 1856 in Staunton. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1924 at 67 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950).
Born July 26th, 1856 in Dublin. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1950 at 94 years old in Ayot St Lawrence (kidney failure). [ref]
Booker T. Washington
African-american educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915).
Born April 5th, 1856 in Hale's Ford. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1915 at 59 years old in Tuskegee (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Indian independence activist (1856-1920).
Born July 23rd, 1856 in Ratnagiri. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1920 at 64 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Philippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856-1951).
Born April 24th, 1856 in Cauchy-à-la-Tour. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 1951 at 95 years old in Port-Joinville. [ref]
J. J. Thomson
British physicist, 1856.
Born December 18th, 1856 in Manchester. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1940 at 83 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
L. Frank Baum
American author of children's books (1856–1919).
Born May 15th, 1856 in Chittenango. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1919 at 62 years old in Hollywood (dry drowning). [ref]
Frederick Winslow Taylor
American mechanical engineer.
Born March 20th, 1856 in Germantown. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1915 at 59 years old in Philadelphia (pneumonia). [ref]
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