* John Cramp, 1851 – 1853 ( and 1856 – 1869 )

He appeared in the Edinburgh Festival and London with John Byrne's first play, Writer's Cramp, and he first appeared in the West End when he took over the lead role in Whose Life Is It Anyway?

In late August 1861, General John C. Frémont, the 1856 Republican presidential nominee, issued, without consulting Washington, a proclamation of martial law in Missouri.

* 1925 – John Singer Sargent, American artist ( b. 1856 )

#** Napoleon Eugene Louis John Joseph Bonaparte ( 1856 – 1879 )

The highest-ranking official whose term unquestionably continued during the interim was Polk's Secretary of State, James Buchanan ( later elected President himself in 1856 ), whose term did not formally expire until his successor, John M. Clayton, took office on March 7.

The roots of her realist philosophy can be found in her review of John Ruskin's Modern Painters in Westminster Review in 1856.

* Review of John Ruskin's Modern Painters in Westminster Review April 1856.

# 1856 – 1858 John Shepherd

Glan Rhondda ( Banks of the Rhondda ), as it was known when it was composed, was first performed in the vestry of the original Capel Tabor, Maesteg, ( which later became a working men's club ), in either January or February 1856, by Elizabeth John from Pontypridd, and it soon became popular in the locality.

* 1777 – John Ross, English naval officer and explorer ( d. 1856 )

* 1941 – Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist ( b. 1856 )

* 1856 – John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.

** Sir John Lavery, Irish artist ( b. 1856 )

* April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist ( b. 1856 )

* November 4 – U. S. presidential election, 1856: Democrat James Buchanan defeats former President Millard Fillmore, representing a coalition of " Know-Nothings " and Whigs, and John C. Frémont of the fledgling Republican Party, to become the 15th President of the United States.

In 1856, General Alexander Cunningham, later director general of the archeological survey of northern India, visited Harappa where the British engineers John and William Brunton were laying the East Indian Railway Company line connecting the cities of Karachi and Lahore.

* John M. Clayton ( 1796 – 1856 ), lawyer, U. S. senator from Delaware and U. S. Secretary of State

* John Ayrton Paris ( 1785 – 1856 ), physician

In the July 1856 Harper's New Monthly Magazine, historian Benson John Lossing wrote an article on the Great Seal.

* John Scott – Meteor ( 1842 ), Cotherstone ( 1843 ), Nunnykirk ( 1849 ), West Australian ( 1853 ), Fazzoletto ( 1856 ), The Wizard ( 1860 ), The Marquis ( 1862 )

* John Scott – Matilda ( 1827 ), The Colonel ( 1828 ), Rowton ( 1829 ), Margrave ( 1832 ), Touchstone ( 1834 ), Don John ( 1838 ), Charles the Twelfth ( 1839 ), Launcelot ( 1840 ), Satirist ( 1841 ), The Baron ( 1845 ), Newminster ( 1851 ), West Australian ( 1853 ), Warlock ( 1856 ), Imperieuse ( 1857 ), Gamester ( 1859 ), The Marquis ( 1862 )

Seward did not seriously compete for the presidential nomination ( won by John C. Frémont ) in 1856, but sought and was expected to receive the nomination in 1860.

One of the most notable beneficiaries of this wealth was the famed explorer and 1856 Republican presidential candidate, John C. Frémont, for whom the local hospital is named.

* John Austin ( legal philosopher ) ( 1790 – 1859 ), English jurist

* John Arnold Austin ( 1905 – 1941 ), American sailor

* John M. Pierce ( 1886 – 1958 ) was one of the founders of the Springfield Telescope Makers.

Historian John Huddleston estimates the death toll at ten percent of all Northern males 20 – 45 years old, and 30 percent of all Southern white males aged 18 – 40.

He was the fourth child of Ondrej Varchola ( Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889 – 1942 ) and Júlia ( née Zavacká, 1892 – 1972 ), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U. S. Andy had two older brothers, Paul, born about 1923, and John, born about 1925.

* 1385 – John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.

* 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

* 1849 – John William Waterhouse, British painter ( d. 1917 )

* 1871 – Prince Alexander John of Wales ( d. 1871 )

* 1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor

* 1960 – John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, songwriter, singer and bandleader

* 1792 – John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English statesman ( d. 1840 )

* 1940 – John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist

* 1944 – John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter and musician ( The Sparrows and Steppenwolf )

* 1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.

* 1971 – John Boyne, Irish novelist

* 1981 – John O ' Shea, Irish footballer

* 1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician ( d. 1751 )

* 1724 – John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and statesman ( d. 1781 )

* 1904 – John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J. H.

* 1947 – John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer

* 1948 – John Mehler, American drummer ( Love Song )