Historical figures in 1856
The atlas holds 27 people and 40 moments here, in 1856. The most recorded lives are Florence Nightingale, Friedrich Engels and Millard Fillmore. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
in 1856
1 moment here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Alfred Deakin
in 1856
1 moment here
Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…
Baháʼu'lláh
in 1856
1 moment here
Baháʼu'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí) was an Iranian religious leader and founder of the Baháʼí Faith.…
Benito Juárez
in 1856
1 moment here
Mexican lawyer, Liberal politician, and president of Mexico from 1858 until his death. A Zapotec from Oaxaca, Juárez led the Liberal government…
Charles Baudelaire
in 1856
1 moment here
French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…
Dmitri Mendeleev
in 1856
1 moment here
Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…
Empress Dowager Cixi
in 1856
1 moment here
Empress Dowager Cixi (Yehe Nara Xingzhen) was a Manchu noblewoman who exercised decisive power in the Qing government as empress dowager and regent…
Florence Nightingale
in 1856
7 moments here
English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Friedrich Engels
in 1856
4 moments here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
George Bernard Shaw
in 1856
1 moment here
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, became a leading Fabian and dramatist,…
Heinrich Heine
in 1856
1 moment here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1856
1 moment here
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
James A. Garfield
in 1856
1 moment here
James Abram Garfield was an Ohio educator, Union Army general, U.S. representative, and the 20th president of the United States.…
James Buchanan
in 1856
2 moments here
James Buchanan Jr. was an American lawyer, diplomat, senator, secretary of state, and the fifteenth president of the United States.…
James Clerk Maxwell
in 1856
2 moments here
Scottish physicist and mathematician whose career moved among Edinburgh, Galloway, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and London.…
Jules Verne
in 1856
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Karl Marx
in 1856
1 moment here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Leo Tolstoy
in 1856
1 moment here
Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…
Mark Twain
in 1856
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Mikhail Vrubel
in 1856
1 moment here
Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…
Millard Fillmore
in 1856
3 moments here
Millard Fillmore was an American lawyer and politician from western New York who served in the New York Assembly, the U.S.…
Nikola Tesla
in 1856
1 moment here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Porfirio Díaz
in 1856
1 moment here
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who led Mexico from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.…
Sigmund Freud
in 1856
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Moments
- 1856 Attended the Bloomington Convention Abraham Lincoln
- 1856 Retirement in Oaxaca Benito Juárez
- 1856 Return to Saint Petersburg Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1856 Front-porch presidential campaign James Buchanan
- 1856 Inherited Glenlair estate James Clerk Maxwell
- 1856 Lodgings and teaching in Aberdeen James Clerk Maxwell
- 1856 Returns from military service Leo Tolstoy
- 1856 Winter stay in Rome Millard Fillmore
- 1856 Hardscrabble residence Ulysses S. Grant
- 1856 Establishes Hauteville House Victor Hugo
- 1856 Death in Paris Heinrich Heine
- 1856 Return to Baghdad Baháʼu'lláh
- 1856 Third Crimean visit Florence Nightingale
- 1856 Birth in Omsk Mikhail Vrubel
- 1856 Birth of Zaichun at the imperial palace Empress Dowager Cixi
- 1856 Return to Lancaster before presidential nomination James Buchanan
- 1856 Ireland tour: Dublin Friedrich Engels
- 1856 Ireland tour: Galway Friedrich Engels
- 1856 Ireland tour: Killarney Friedrich Engels
- 1856 Ireland tour: Limerick Friedrich Engels
- 1856 Wedding visit to Amiens Jules Verne
- 1856 Born in Freiberg Sigmund Freud
- 1856 Residence at Hôtel Voltaire Charles Baudelaire
- 1856 Return home to Buffalo Millard Fillmore
- 1856 Return reception in New York City Millard Fillmore
- 1856 Return to Scutari before departure Florence Nightingale
- 1856 Birth at 3 Upper Synge Street George Bernard Shaw
- 1856 Birth in Smiljan Nikola Tesla
- 1856 Birth at George Street Alfred Deakin
- 1856 Arrival in London after the Crimean War Florence Nightingale
- 1856 Homecoming at Lea Hurst Florence Nightingale
- 1856 Night in Paris on return from war Florence Nightingale
- 1856 Williams College commencement James A. Garfield
- 1856 Wounded at Ixcapa Porfirio Díaz
- 1856 Meeting Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Florence Nightingale
- 1856 Eagleswood arrival and surveying Henry David Thoreau
- 1856 Moves to Grafton Terrace Karl Marx
- 1856 Begins printing work in Cincinnati Mark Twain
- 1856 Settlement at the Burlington Hotel Florence Nightingale
- 1856 Birth at the Manse Woodrow Wilson