Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s - 1860s - 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
Years: 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 - 1861 - 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866
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2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths |
Events
Year in topic
Births
J* February 12 - Lou Andreas-Salome, author (+ 1937)
- February 26 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (+ 1948)
- February 27 - Rudolf Steiner, anthroposoph (+ 1925)
- April 15 - Bliss Carman, poet
- May 6 - Rabindranath Tagore
- October 30 - Antoine Bourdelle, sculptor
- November 6 - James Naismith, inventor of basketball
- December 8 - Georges Méličs , French film director, allegedly the first.
- December 16 - Antonio de La Gandara, painter
- Son, Byong-Hi, one of the leaders of the Samil, or March 1st Movement in Korea
Deaths
- January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV, king of Prussia
- January 17 - Lola Montez (adventurer)
- June 25 - Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman sultan
- July 25 - Jonas Furrer, Swiss Federal Councilor
- December 14 - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria