Birth year 1838 celebrities

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Birth year 1838

Darinka Kvekić Facts

Darinka Petrovic née Kvekić (Trieste 19 December 1838 – Venice 2 February 1892), was a Princess consort of Montenegro by her marriage to Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro. She was the first Princess consort of Montenegro.

Amelia Dyer Facts

Amelia Elizabeth Dyer (née Hobley; 1837 – 10 June 1896) was one of the most prolific serial-killers in history, murdering infants in her care over a 20 year period in Victorian Britain. She was tried and hanged for one murder, but there is little

França Júnior Facts

Joaquim José da França Júnior (March 18, 1838 — November 27, 1890) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and, initially, a painter. Alongside Martins Pena, he is one of the most famous adepts of the “comedy of manners” genre.

André Rebouças Facts

André Pinto Rebouças (13 January 1838 – 9 April 1898) was a Brazilian military engineer, abolitionist and inventor, son of Antônio Pereira Rebouças (1798–1880) and Carolina Pinto Rebouças. Lawyer, member of Parliament (representing the Brazi

Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee Facts

Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC (19 November 1838 – 9 January 1906) was a British businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 until 1905 when he was raised to the peerage. He served as H

Jimmy Elliott Facts

Jimmy Elliot (born 1838 in Athlone, Ireland – March 1, 1883) was an Irish-American boxer who was Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1865 to 1868. On December 12, 1870 Elliott was arrested and convicted of highway robbery and assault with intent

Emmeline Griswold Facts

Emmeline (Griswold) Smith was born March 12, 1838, and died March 25, 1869. She was interred at the Smith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo ILOf Joseph and Emmeline’s three daughters:Emma Josepha (Smith) McCallum, born 28 Jul 1857, Nauvoo IL; died 30 Nov 1937;

Tobias Michael Carel Asser Facts

Tobias Michel Karel Asser (28 April 1838 – 29 July 1913) was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar of Jewish background. In 1911, he won the Nobel Prize for Peace (together with Alfred Fried) for his role in the formation of the Permanent Court of Arbit

David Kohn Facts

David Kohn (1838-1915) was a Russian archaeologist and Hebrew writer. He was born at Odessa and received a rabbinic education, but at the age of fourteen he took up the study of medieval literature and modern languages, and soon afterward, history an

Henry Adams Facts

Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and member of the Adams political family, being descended from two U.S. Presidents.

Mariano Fortuny Facts

Marià Fortuny i Marsal (complete name Marià Josep Maria Bernat Fortuny i Marsal, in Spanish: Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal; June 11, 1838 – November 21, 1874), known more simply as Marià Fortuny or Mariano Fortuny, was the leadi

Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton Facts

Montagu William Lowry-Corry, 1st Baron Rowton KCVO, CB, PC, DL (8 October 1838 – 9 November 1903), also known as “Monty,” was a British philanthropist and public servant, best known for serving as Benjamin Disraeli’s private secretary from 1866 unt