Birthdays Date 1842 | History by KabAstro

William James (1842-1910)

Jan 11 American psychologist (The Principles of Psychology) and philosopher (Pragmatism), born in New York City

Jan 12 Francois Coppee, French poet, born in Paris (d. 1908)
Jan 15 Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian nun & candidate for sainthood, born in Fitzroy, Australia (d. 1909)
Jan 15 Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1925)
Jan 18 Albert Alonzo Ames, American politician, famously corrupt Mayor of Minneapolis, born in Garden Prairie, Illinois (d. 1911)
Jan 22 Henri Maréchal, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1924)
Jan 28 Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky, Russian imperial historian, born in Penza Governorate, Russia (d. 1911)
Feb 2 Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (d. 1927)
Feb 3 Sidney Lanier, American poet and composer, born in Macon, Georgia (d. 1881)
Feb 4 Georg Brandes, Danish literary historian and critic (the Modern Breakthrough of Scandinavian literature), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1927)
Feb 7 Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
Feb 13 Ted Pooley, English cricket wicket-keeper (1st class records: 8 stumpings in a match 1878; 12 dismissals in a match 1868; Surrey CCC, Middlesex CCC), born in Chepstow, England (d. 1907)
Feb 22 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian and mayor (Ukkel), born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (d. 1906)
Feb 23 Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d. 1906)
Feb 24 Arrigo Boito, Itlaian opera composer (Mefistofele), and librettist (Verdi's "Falstaff"; Ponchielli's "La Gioconda"), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1918)
Feb 25 Karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand, Winnetou), born in Ernstthal, Saxony (d. 1912)
Feb 26 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer, Mars researcher and popularizer of astronomy, born in Montigny-le-Roi, Haute-Marne, France (d. 1925)
Mar 1 Nicholaos Gysis, Greek painter (d. 1901)
Mar 2 Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (Carlsburg), and philanthropist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1914)
Mar 10 Ina Coolbrith, American poet laureate of California (1st poet laureate of any US state), born in Nauvoo, Illinois (d. 1928)
Mar 18 Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (d. 1898)
Mar 22 Carl Rosa, German-born violinist and composer (founder of the Rosa opera company that toured UK and US), born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1889)
Mar 22 Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba), conductor and ethnomusicologist, born in Hrynky, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1912)
Mar 30 John Fiske [Edmund Fisk Green], American historian and philosopher, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1901)
Apr 3 Ulric Dahlgren, American Colonel (Union Army), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
Apr 4 Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (Lucas sequences), born in Amiens, France (d. 1891)
Apr 8 Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author, public speaker and wife of George Armstrong Custer, born in Monroe, Michigan (d. 1933)
Apr 14 Sven August Körling, Swedish composer, born in Misterhult, Sweden (d. 1919)
Apr 17 Maurice Rouvier, French statesman and Prime Minister of France (1905–06), born in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1911)
Apr 18 Antero Tarquínio de Quental, Portuguese poet (Beatrice), born in Ponta Delgada, Portugal (d. 1891)
Apr 25 Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer and poet (Il santo, Leila), born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1911)
Apr 28 Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 1922)
Apr 29 Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1899)
May 5 Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, Austrian composer, born in Frauental, Styria, Austrian Empire (d. 1899)
May 7 Isla van Diest, Belgian physician, 1st female doctor and 1st female university graduate in Belgium, born in Louvain, Belgiun (d. 1916)
May 8 Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist, born in Ribe, Denmark (d. 1909)

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

May 12 French opera composer (Werther; Manon), born in Montaud, France

May 13 British composer (The Golden Legend; Onward, Christian Soldiers), major-generally remembered for his comic operas with W.S. Gilbert (The Pirates of Penzance:, H.M.S Pinafore; The Mikado), born in London

Jun 6 Steele MacKaye [James Morrison Steele MacKaye], American playwright and actor (Spectatorium, Paul Kauvar), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1894)
Jun 8 John Q. A. Brackett, American politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (1890-91), born in Bradford, New Hampshire (d. 1918)
Jun 11 Carl von Linde, German engineer and chemist who invented mechanical refrigeration, born in Berndorf, Germany (d. 1934)
Jun 11 Prince Alfred, Liechtenstein noble and politician, born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1907)
Jun 12 Rikard Nordraak, Norwegian composer, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1866)
Jun 16 David Herold, American pharmacist's assistant who was part of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, born in Maryland (d. 1865)
Jun 19 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, Austrian composer, born in Sankt Peter in der Au, Austria (d. 1898)

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Jun 24 American writer and satirist (Devil's Dictionary, Nuggets & Dust), born in Meigs County, Ohio

Jamie Anderson (1842-1905)

Jun 27 Scottish golfer (British Open 1877-79), born in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Jun 29 Josef Labor, Austrian composer, born in Hořovice, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1924)
Jul 4 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austrian sociologist and general, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1904)
Jul 4 Gyula Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel, born in Pest, Hungary (d. 1909)
Jul 26 Alfred Marshall, English economist (Principles of Economics), born in London, England (d. 1924)
Aug 14 Henry Duff Traill, British author and journalist (The Marquis of Salisbury), born in Blackheath, London (d. 1900)
Aug 16 Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (algebraic geometry and invariant theory), born in Brody, Ukraine (d. 1922)
Aug 20 Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1935)
Aug 24 Edouard J. A. Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1885)
Aug 26 Heinrich Quincke, German internist and surgeon (introduced lumbar puncture), born in Frankfurt an der Oder (d. 1922)
Aug 28 Willem Linnig The Younger, Flemish painter and graphic artist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1890)
Aug 29 Alfred Shaw, English cricket medium/spin bowler (7 Tests; bowled first ball in Test cricket; first to take 5 wickets in a Test innings; Nottinghamshire CCC, MCC), born in Burton Joyce, England (d. 1907)
Aug 30 Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Eldest child of Alexander II of Russia, born in Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1849)
Aug 30 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, French pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1907)
Sep 5 Louis Bouwmeester, Dutch actor (Shakespeare), born in Middelharnis, Netherlands (d. 1925)
Sep 7 Johannes Zukertort, German chess player, born in Lublin, Russian Empire (d. 1888)
Sep 13 John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator from Alabama, born in Moscow, Marion County, Alabama (d. 1920)
Sep 13 Ödön Mihalovich, Hungarian composer, born in Fericsánci, Slavonia (d. 1929)
Sep 20 James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet), born in Kincardine-on-Forth, Scotland (d. 1923)
Sep 21 Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909), born in Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (d. 1918)
Sep 23 Karl Munzinger, Swiss conductor and composer, born in Balsthal, Switzerland (d. 1911)
Sep 27 Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist, born in Ronse, Belgium (d. 1903)
Sep 29 Louis J. Weichmann, American clerk who was the chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1902)
Oct 1 Charles Cros, French inventor and poet (Le Hareng Saur), born in Fabrezan, France (d. 1888)
Oct 14 Joe Start, American baseball player, born in New York City (d. 1927)
Oct 24 Josef Nešvera, Czech composer, born in Praskolesy, Czech Republic (d. 1914)

Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928)

Oct 27 5x Prime Minister of Italy (1892-93, 1903-05, 1906-09, 1911-14, 1920-21), born in Mondovì, Kingdom of Sardinia

Oct 28 Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, American Quaker orator, abolitionist, women's rights advocate, writer, and mountaineer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
Oct 28 Charles Boissevain, Dutch editor of Amsterdam Algemeen Handelsblad (1885-1908), born in Amsterdam (d. 1927)
Nov 2 Otto Reubke, German organist, conductor, and composer, born in Hausneindorf, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1913)

William B. Cushing (1842-1874)

Nov 4 American naval officer (best known for sinking the CSS Albemarle during a daring nighttime raid on 27 October 1864), born in Delafield, Wisconsin

Nov 14 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d. 1959)
Nov 22 Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster, Uncle Tom), born in the Netherlands (d. 1908)
Nov 22 José Maria de Heredia, Cuban-French sonnet poet (Les Trophées), born in La Fortuna, Cuba (d. 1905)
Nov 23 James Lillywhite, English cricket slow bowler (1st England Test captain; 2 Tests, 8 wickets; Sussex CCC) and umpire (6 Tests 1881–99), born in Westhampnett, England (d. 1929)
Nov 25 Vittorio Dabormida, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, born in Turin (d. 1896)
Dec 3 Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist and co-founder (Pillsbury Company), born in Warner, New Hampshire (d. 1899)
Dec 3 Ellen Henrietta Richards, American chemist (Amer Home Economics Association-1st Pres), born in Dunstable, Massachusetts (d. 1911)
Dec 3 Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and suffragist, born in Franklin County, Missouri (d. 1919)
Dec 7 Otto Ammon, German anthropologist and sociologist (schedelmetingen), born in Karlsruhe, Baden (d. 1916)
Dec 9 Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, Russian activist and anarchist, born in Moscow (d. 1921)
Dec 15 Henry Gadsby, English musician and composer, born in Hackney, England (d. 1907)
Dec 17 Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continuous groups), born in Nordfjordeid, Norway (d. 1899)
Dec 24 Nicola d' Arienzo, Italian composer and writer, born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1915)
Dec 28 Calixa Lavallee, Canadian composer (O Canada), born in Verchères, British Province of Canada (d. 1891)