1856
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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years: 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 - 1856 - 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861
[edit] Births
- April 5 - Booker T. Washington, American inventor, educator, and author (d. 1915)
- July 10 - Nikola Tesla, Croatian physicist (d. 1943)
- July 26 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer (d. 1950)
- December 28 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1924)
