Historical figures in 1856
The atlas holds 12 people and 15 moments here, in 1856. The most recorded lives are Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Friedrich Engels
in 1856
4 moments here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
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…
Abraham Lincoln
in 1856
1 moment here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
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…
Victor Hugo
in 1856
1 moment here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Moments
- 1856 Attended the Bloomington Convention Abraham Lincoln
- 1856 Return to Saint Petersburg Dmitri Mendeleev
- 1856 Returns from military service Leo Tolstoy
- 1856 Establishes Hauteville House Victor Hugo
- 1856 Birth of Zaichun at the imperial palace Empress Dowager Cixi
- 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 Birth in Smiljan Nikola Tesla
- 1856 Moves to Grafton Terrace Karl Marx
- 1856 Begins printing work in Cincinnati Mark Twain