What Happened In December 1859 In History

Famous Birthdays on December in 1859

• 2nd » Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891)
• 5th » John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1935)
• 15th » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto (d. 1917)
• 17th » Paul César Helleu, French painter and illustrator (d. 1927)
• 21st » Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (d. 1936)
• 26th » William Stephens, American politician, 24th Governor of California (d. 1944)
• 28th » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 37th President of Mexico (d. 1920)

Famous Deaths for December 1859

• 2nd » John Brown (abolitionist) named John Brown, American activist (b. 1800)
• 8th » Thomas De Quincey, English author (b. 1785)
• 16th » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 28th » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)

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