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Famous Birthdays In February - 01

Thursday, 23 May 2013

1261 Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.

1459 Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.

1462 On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)

1552 Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on this day in history.

1603 On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer

1605 Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on this day in history.

1633 Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.

1635 Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.

1659 On this day in history birth of jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)

1663 On this day in history birth of mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, foundress (d. 1748)

1669 On this day in history birth of miguel Lopez, composer

1690 On this day in history birth of francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer

1710 On this day in history birth of konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)

1757 On this day in history birth of john P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)

1761 On this day in history birth of christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)

1763 On this day in history birth of thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)

1789 Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer was born on this day in history.

1791 On this day in history birth of charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder

1796 Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.

1801 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer was born on this day in history.

1801 On this day in history birth of thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)

1801 Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881) was born on this day in history.

1805 Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader) was born on this day in history.

1807 On this day in history birth of william Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867

1810 Charles Lenox Remond, Salem Mass, famous black was born on this day in history.

1819 On this day in history birth of henry Lawrence Eustis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885

1820 On this day in history birth of george Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (d. 1897)

1821 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer was born on this day in history.

1827 Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker was born on this day in history.

1829 On this day in history birth of john Potts Slough, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867

1833 On this day in history birth of henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop

1839 On this day in history birth of james A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)

1841 On this day in history birth of william H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium

1844 On this day in history birth of eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)

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Famous Deaths In February - 01

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1204 On this day in history death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered

1248 Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on this day in history.

1294 On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies

1328 Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.

1502 Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on this day in history.

1542 Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.

1563 Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.

1590 On this day in history death of lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator