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Wyatt Earp was a lawman, gambler, businessman, saloon owner and gunfighter of great repute in the American West. He had been a police officer in Wichita, KS, and later in Dodge City, KS, during the mid-1870s, after which he became a shotgun rider with Wells Fargo. In Tombstone, AZ, in the wake of a stagecoach robbery, Earp (who had been running for sheriff) became involved in the notorious gunfight at the OK Corral of October 26, 1881, which resulted in the death of suspects Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton and the wounding of Earp's brothers Morgan and Virgil and his friend "Doc" Holliday. The gunfight only caused more trouble, setting into motion a series of events that included the assassination of town marshal Morgan Earp and murder charges being filed against Wyatt and others for the shooting deaths of two suspects in that crime. Wyatt left for Colorado and points west, eventually retiring to San Francisco and later Los Angeles, CA, where he occasionally worked as a consultant on various early silent-era westerns (in the days before accurate credits were maintained, so it's not known exactly what films he worked on). He was close friends with another western icon, William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson, and later with cowboy actors William S. Hart and Tom Mix and, according to some accounts, he met and befriended a young John Wayne on the set of a silent western on which Wayne was an unbilled extra.

Wyatt Earp died in Los Angeles on January 13, 1929, at age 80. Hart and Mix were pallbearers at his funeral.

Jennie Lee was born on 4 September 1848 in Sacramento, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Birth of a Nation (1915), Hearts of Oak (1924) and The Children Pay (1916). She was married to William Courtright. She died on 5 August 1925 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin was born on June 7, 1848, in Paris, France. His father, Clovis Gaughin, was a Republican editor who died on his way to Peru while escaping from Louis Napoleon. His widowed mother was a Peruvian Creole daughter of writer Flora Tristan. Young Gauguin spent early childhood in Lima, Peru, until 1855, then studied in Orleans, France. He joined the Merchant Marine in 1865 and spent the next six years sailing between France and South America, then spent a hitch in the French navy. In 1871 he returned to France, settled in Paris and became a stockbroker.

In 1874 Gauguin saw the first Impressionist exhibition, which gave him his desire to become an artist. Enchanted with art, he spent some 17,000 francs on paintings by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and other impressionists. Gauguin discovered art as a way to escape from the pressures of civilization. He met Camille Pissarro and Paul Cezanne in 1874, and joined them for painting on weekends and holidays. His debut in the Salon took place in 1876. He also participated in the Impressionist exhibitions in 1879, 1880 and 1882. By 1884 he became a full-time artist, partly because the bank that employed him had difficulties. Paris became too expensive and Gauguin moved with his wife and five children to Rouen, then to Copenhagen, Denmark, and then back to Paris. In 1885 he and his wife separated and she took the children with her to her family. Gauguin went into depression and at one time attempted suicide.

He met Vincent van Gogh in Paris in 1886 and they became friends. Van Gogh's brother Theo was also Gauguin's art dealer. In 1888 he received an invitation from Vincent and joined him in October of that year in Arles. There Van Gogh presented him several paintings of sunflowers, but their cooperation lasted only for two months. Their arguments about art and life were exacerbated by drinking and rivalry for prostitutes. Van Gogh's mental state was alternating between fits of depression and lucidity. At times his madness led to aggressive actions. In December of 1888 Van Gogh attacked Gauguin with an open razor, was stopped, but eventually cut part of his own ear off and gave it to a prostitute. Gauguin sent a note to Van Gogh's brother Theo and left forever.

In 1891 Gauguin organized an exhibition to finance his project of living and working in places where he could "live with ecstasy, calmness and art." His paintings were bought by Edgar Degas and others, and the proceeds amounted to 10,000 francs. He started his flight from the trappings of civilization by becoming a full-time artist and this time he sailed to the tropics for good. Gauguin left behind "everything that is artificial and conventional." He settled in Tahiti and later in the Marquesas Islands. There he was accepted by the native community and adopted their traditional lifestyle. He fathered a son by his Tahitian model Pau'ura and a daughter with his Tahitian model Vaa'oho. From 1893 to 1895 he made farewell visits to Paris and Copenhagen. There he brought some of his Polynesian-inspired works to show.

Gauguin gradually parted from Impressionism. He discovered the primitive art of Polynesia and was influenced by it. He was calling his new style "synthetic symbolism." Gauguin transformed his art to radical simplifications of composition by giving his paintings an ornamental character. His "Arearea" (Joyousness 1892), "Nave", "Nave Moe" (Miraculous Source 1894) and other paintings made in Tahiti are sincere depictions of an untamed nature with people being an organic part of it. His largest work was painted in Tahiti, the philosophical and highly decorative "D'ou venons nous? Que sommes-nous? Ou allons-nous?" (Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897), now in the permanent collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Art.

Paul Gauguin moved around several islands of Polynesia and finally settled in Atuona, Marqueses. He was fined by the colonial administration, had problems with the Catholic church and was sentenced to three months in prison. Before he could begin his sentence, however, he died on May 8, 1903, and was laid to rest in Calvary Cemetery, Atuona, Hiva'Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.

W.G. Grace was born on 18 July 1848 in Downend, Bristol, England, UK. He was married to Agness Nicholls Day. He died on 23 October 1915 in Mottingham, Kent, England, UK.

William Courtright was born on 10 March 1848 in New Milford, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Kit Carson (1928), The Farmer's Boy (1925) and Hands Across the Border (1926). He was married to Jennie Lee. He died on 6 March 1933 in Ione, California, USA.

Georges Ohnet (Paris, April 3, 1848 - May 5, 1918) was a French novelist of great success in the second half of the nineteenth century, the best-selling of his time, even over Emile Zola and Daudet. One of the most prolific playwrights and French novelists of the nineteenth century, he was born into a wealthy bourgeois family. He studied at the Collège Sainte-Barbe and the Lycée Napoleon, in Paris, and later studied laws. For some time he worked as a lawyer, but soon began his career in journalism becoming known in this way in the Parisian literary world. After the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he became a columnist for "Le Pays" and later "Le Constitutionnel", where Ohnet was responsible for the political section and serial drama.

Ohnet was a great reader of public taste. It was this astute understanding of his readership that helped him devise the passionate style he became famous for. He disdained the romantic melodrama motif, choosing instead to explore complex passion. His literary genius lay in being able to introduce originality into a genre so deeply archetypal as the romantic melodrama. It was this quality that made him one of most widely read writers of his time.

Sam Lucas was an African-American actor, comedian, singer and songwriter born to free black parents in 1848. A former barber, he was once described as the "Grand Old Man of the Negro Stage". As a youngster he showed talent for guitar and singing. He started as a black-face minstrelsy on riverboats around 1858, later became a more serious drama actor with roles in 'The Creole Show' and 'A Trip to Coontown', his best known performances was in 'Out of Bondage' in 1875 and became the first actor to portray the role of Uncle Tom on stage and later starred in the movie version of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' for the Peerless Film Company in 1914, during the filming he became sick and died two years later on January 5, 1916.

Joel Chandler Harris was born on 9 December 1848 in Eatonton, Georgia, USA. Joel Chandler was a writer, known for Song of the South (1946), Splash Mountain (1989) and Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby (1991). Joel Chandler was married to Esther LaRose. Joel Chandler died on 3 July 1908 in West End, Georgia, USA.

Joris-Karl Huysmans was the only son of a French mother and a Dutch father. At 20 he began a long career in the Ministry of the Interior, writing many of his novels on official time. His early work, influenced by contemporary naturalist novelists. His major novels epitomize successive phases of the aesthetic, spiritual, and intellectual life of late 19th-century France. Huysmans' work is considered remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, large vocabulary, descriptions, satirical wit and far-ranging erudition. First considered part of Naturalism, he became associated with the decadent movement with his publication of "À rebours" (1884). His work expressed his deep pessimism, which had led him to the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry was born on 27 February 1848 in Bournemouth, England, UK. He died on 7 October 1918 in Knight's Croft, Rustington, Sussex, England, UK.

Brandon Thomas was born on 24 December 1848 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Charley's Aunt (1930), Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) and Playhouse 90 (1956). He was married to Marguerite Blanche Leverson. He died on 19 June 1914 in Bloomsbury, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England, UK.

Alfred Bishop was born on 7 February 1848 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Brass Bottle (1914), The Lifeguardsman (1916) and His Last Defence (1919). He was married to Rose Egan (actress). He died on 22 May 1928 in London, England, UK.

He was born into the feudal royal family of Travancore (now part of the state of Kerala in South India). Varma's contribution to iconography and lithographs in Indian painting is significant. He apprenticed under the court painter Ramaswamy Naicker and even studied under the tutelage of the Dutch painter Theodore Jensen. Varma was very popular among the British authorities in having him do their portraits. He is more well known today for his paintings of scenes from Indian mythology that have an 'academic' style. In 1894 he mass produced his olegraphs at Lonavala. His paintings had a significant impact on Indian theatre. The Sangeet Natnak used his style of rendering for their stage backdrops that was quickly imitated by others. The poet and novelist Kerala Varma (1845-1914) has written extensively about him.

Albert Robida was born on 14 March 1848 in Compiègne, Oise, Picardie, France. He was a writer, known for Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola (1913) and Saturnino Farandola (1977). He died on 11 October 1926 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France.

Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise was born on 18 March 1848 in London, England, UK. She was married to John Campbell. She died on 3 December 1939 in London, England, UK.

Pierre Degeyter was born on 8 October 1848 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium. He is known for Air Force One (1997), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Seven Years in Tibet (1997). He died on 27 September 1932 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

Bracy started her career on the London stage in 1891. Married to concert tenor Henry Bracy, she produced operettas in Australia before going to the U.S. in 1910 to work under Charles Frohman. Bracy is known as one of the earliest film actresses and worked with Biograph and Kinemacolor Pictures.

Gertrude Norman was born on 19 May 1848 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Greene Murder Case (1929), Molly Make-Believe (1916) and The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915). She died on 20 July 1943 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Robert Planquette was born on 31 July 1848 in Paris, France. He was a writer and composer, known for Le Mans '66 (2019), Maytime (1937) and Les cloches de Corneville (1917). He died on 28 January 1903 in Paris, France.

Imre Halmai was born on 29 October 1848 in Pest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Leánybecsület (1923), A kis gézengúz (1917) and Székelyvér (1922). He died on 24 January 1940 in Vál, Hungary.

Félicien Trewey was born on 23 May 1848 in Angoulême, Charente, France. He was an actor, known for La transformation d'un chapeau (1897), London Street Dancers (1896) and Écriture à l'envers (1896). He died on 2 December 1920 in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Aleksandre Kazbegi was born on 20 January 1848 in Stepantsminda, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Republic of Georgia]. He was a writer, known for Mamis mkvleli (1923), Modzgvari (1922) and Eliso (1928). He died on 22 December 1893 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia].

Samuel A. Ward was born on 28 December 1848 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Rollerball (2002), Fighting (2009) and Die Hard 4.0 (2007). He died on 28 September 1903 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.

King William II of Württemberg was born on 25 February 1848 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany]. He was married to Charlotte zu Schaumburg-Lippe and Georgine Henriette Marie Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont. He died on 2 October 1921 in Bebenhausen, Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany.

Alexandre Bisson was born on 9 April 1848 in Briouze, Orne, France. He was a writer, known for Madame X (1937), Madame X (1966) and Madame X (1929). He died on 27 January 1912 in Paris, France.