What Happened In August 1856 In History

Famous Birthdays on August in 1856

• 1st » George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
• 3rd » Alfred Deakin, Australian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
• 10th » William Willett, English inverter, founded British Summer Time (d. 1915)
• 12th » Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1917)
• 16th » Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1904)
• 20th » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (d. 1909)
• 27th » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1916)

Famous Deaths for August 1856

• 14th » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 29th » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author (b. 1778)

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