What Happened In August 1865 - Historical Events 1865 August

Famous Birthdays on August in 1865

2nd » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic (d. 1933)
2nd » John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)
4th » Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)
10th » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1936)
14th » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1952)
15th » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (d. 1926)
20th » Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1911)
24th » Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
26th » Arthur James Arnot, Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (d. 1946)
27th » James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian (d. 1935)
27th » Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)

12th » William Hooker (botanist) called William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
13th » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
26th » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
27th » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)