1856
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Events
- Limestone quarry workers in Dusseldorf discover the first remains of Neanderthals.
- Treaty of San Stefano ends the Crimean War.
- George Bernard Shaw is born.
- Woodrow Wilson is born.
- Heinrich Heine dies.
Timeline
- May 6: Sigmund Freud is born in Frieburg, Moravia.
- June 25: Mexico adopts the Ley de desmortizacion or Law of Exproporiation, striping the Roman Catholic Chruch of its vast land holdings.