What Happened In August 1859 In History

Historical Events for August, 1859

• 16th » The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Lorraine called House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1859

• 4th » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)
• 12th » Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (d. 1929)
• 15th » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)
• 28th » Matilda Howell, American archer (d. 1938)
• 28th » Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943)

Famous Deaths for August 1859

• 2nd » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 4th » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 15th » Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)

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