* August 2 – Albert Woolson, last surviving Union veteran of the American Civil War ( b. 1847 )

In 1956, after the death of the last member, Albert Woolson, the GAR was formally dissolved.

Albert Woolson, the last man to die who fought in the American Civil War, was born is Antwerp.

Albert Henry Woolson ( February 11, 1850 – August 2, 1956 ), was the last surviving member of the Union Army, which fought in the American Civil War.

The company never saw action, and Albert Woolson was discharged on September 7, 1865.

Life magazine ran a seven-page article upon the death of Albert Woolson, in the August 20, 1956 issue.

In mid-2006, new census research indicated that Albert Woolson was actually only 106 years old, being listed as less than one year old in the 1850 census.

File: 1850UnitedStatesFederalCensus 312130447. jpg | Woolson as " Henry Albert Woolson " in the 1850 census as a newborn

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* Albert Woolson, the last surviving Civil War Veteran

#*** Charles Albert Edmond Bonaparte ( 1843 – 1847 )

In 1847, Prince Albert wrote: " I must now seek in the children an echo of what Ernest brother and I were in the old time, of what we felt and thought ; and their delight in the Christmas-trees is not less than ours used to be ".

In 1847, under King Charles Albert, the Perfect fusion between Sardinia, Piedmont and all other territories granted equal rights to all inhabitants of the Kingdom, who became an unitary state and the basic legislation of the future united Italy.

These lyrics were used for the first time in November 1847, celebrating King Charles Albert of Sardinia in his visit to Genoa after his first reforms.

Albert Alonzo Durham founded the town of Oswego in 1847, naming it after Oswego, New York.

Marcus Peck ; 1825 – 1826, William F. Averill ; 1827 – 1833, Marcus Peck ; 1834, Peter F. Westervelt ; 1835 – 1837, John I. Vosburgh ; 1838 – 1839 ; John H. Gregory ; 1840, Calvin Sliter ; 1841, John H. Gregory ; 1842 – 1843, Solomon Coons ; 1844, Reuben A. Thomas ; 1845, S. V. R. Cole ; 1846, David Fonda ; 1847, David Luce ; 1848, Lorenzo M. Lown ; 1849 – 1850, William L. Stewart, jr .; 1851, Jacob Boyce ; 1852, W. H. Wicks ; 1853, Joseph Alden ; 1854, William H. Lyons ; 1855, Samuel D. Seymour ; 1856, Harmon Westfall ; 1857, George Sliter ; 1858, Albert H. Dutcher ; 1859 – 1861, George Sliter ; 1862, D. E. Barnes ; 1863, William H. Ford ; 1864, B. M. Wilkinson ; 1865, Jeffrey P. Thomas ; 1866 – 1867, David Horton ;

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were rowed into the cave in the royal barge in 1847, and The Times correspondent recorded:

Bright married secondly, in June, 1847, Margaret Elizabeth Leatham, sister of Edward Aldam Leatham of Wakefield, by whom he had seven children including John Albert Bright and William Leatham Bright.

* 1847 in art-Birth of Albert Pinkham Ryder, Ralph Albert Blakelock

Ramsey is also known as ' Royal Ramsey ' due to royal visits from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1847 followed by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1907.

The Albert Tower was built to commemorate the royal visit of Prince Albert on 20 September, 1847.

Notable 19th-century alumni included Albert James Myer, Class of 1847, a military officer assigned to run the United States Weather Bureau at its inception, was a founding member of the International Meteorological Organization, and helped birth the U. S. Signal Corps, and for whom Fort Myer, Va., is named ; General E. S. Bragg of the Class of 1848, colonel of the Sixth Wisconsin Regiment and a brigadier general in command of the Iron Brigade who served one term in Congress and later was ambassador to Mexico and consul general of the U. S. in Cuba ; two other 1848 graduates, Clarence Seward and Thomas M. Griffith, who were assistant secretary of state and builder of the first national railroad across the Mississippi River, respectively ; and Charles J. Folger, Class of 1836, a United States Secretary of the Treasury in the 1880s.

The Albert Mill and a range of riverside buildings including the mechanics shop were extended between 1847 and 1872.

* Sophia Taylor née Davis ( 1847 – 1930 ), hostess, suffragist and landowner in Mount Albert, Auckland

Albert Pinkham Ryder ( March 19, 1847 – March 28, 1917 ) was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his eccentric personality.

* 1847 – 1895 Albert

An amnesty having been declared by Charles Albert in 1846, Gioberti ( who was again in Paris ) was at liberty to return to Italy, but refused to do so till the end of 1847.

* Albert Pinkham Ryder ( 1847 – 1917 ), American painter

), ( John Gould ( 1804 – 1881 ), Albert C. L. G. Günther ( 1830 – 1914 ), Frank Finn ( 1868 – 1932 ), Charles McFarlane Inglis ( 1870 – 1954 ), Stanley Wells Kemp ( 1882 – 1945 ), James Wood-Mason ( 1846 – 1893 ), Reginald Innes Pocock ( 1863 – 1947 ), Richard Bowdler Sharpe ( 1847 – 1909 ), Malcolm A. Smith ( 1875 – 1958 ) and Nathaniel Wallich ( 1786 – 1854 ).

Otto Albert Blehr ( 17 February 1847, Stange, Hedmark – 13 July 1927, Oslo ) was a Norwegian attorney and politician representing the Liberal Party.

Ralph Albert Blakelock ( October 15, 1847 – August 9, 1919 ) was a romanticist painter from the United States.

* Albert Austin ( 1881 – 1953 ), British / American actor

Albert Sidney Johnston ( February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862 ) served as a general in three different armies: the Texas Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army.

* Albert G. Ingalls ( 1888 – 1958 ), editor of Amateur Telescope Making, Vols.

* Guide to the Elements – Revised Edition, Albert Stwertka, ( Oxford University Press ; 1998 ) ISBN 0-19-508083-1

Albert Camus (; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960 ) was an algerian born author, journalist, and philosopher.

* 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins – in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

Albert Lemaître classified 1st in his Peugeot 3hp in the 1894 Paris – Rouen ( motor race )

* 1875 – Albert Ketèlbey, English conductor, composer, and pianist ( d. 1959 )

Albert Schweitzer, OM ( 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965 ) was a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.

* 1939 – Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

* 1907 – Albert Kotin, American painter ( d. 1980 )

This state of matter was first predicted by Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein in 1924 – 25.

* 1857 – Albert Ballin, German businessman ( d. 1918 )

* 1895 – Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist ( d. 1981 )

* 1566 – Isabella Clara Eugenia Spanish wife of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria ( d. 1633 )

* 1877 – Albert Bartha, Hungarian military officer and politician ( d. 1960 )

* Albert I of Belgium ( 1875 – 1934 ), third King of the Belgians

* Albert I of Brandenburg ( c. 1100 – 1170 ), first Margrave of Brandenburg

* Albert I, Count of Namur ( c. 950 – 1011 ), a Belgian count

* Albert I, Count of Vermandois ( 917 – 987 ), Count of Vermandois

* Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( 1236 – 1279 ) second Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

* Albert I, Duke of Prussia ( 1490 – 1568 ), first Duke of Prussia

* Albert I of Germany ( 1255 – 1308 ), King of Germany and Archduke of Austria

* Albert I, Prince of Monaco ( 1848 – 1922 )