Famous Birthdays In February - 15

1800  Frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer was born on February - 15.   

1803  On February - 15 birth of john Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill)   

1807  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history birth of cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)   

1809  André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857) was born on February - 15.   

1811  On February - 15 birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

1812  On February - 15 birth of charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)   

1817  Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter was born on February - 15.   

1819  Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter) was born on February - 15.   

1820  Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette was born on February - 15.   

1821  Abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet was born on February - 15.   

1822  On this day in history birth of theodor Uhlig, composer   

1823  Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton was born on this day in history.   

1825  Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893) was born on February - 15.   

1826  George J Stoney, Irish physicist was born on February - 15.   

1828  Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary) was born on February - 15.   

1829  Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake) was born on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history birth of william Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer   

1835  On February - 15 birth of alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911   

1835  Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.   

1841  On February - 15 birth of manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)   

1845  On this day in history birth of elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)   

1847  On this day in history birth of robert Fuchs, composer   

1855  Gustav Hollaender, composer was born on February - 15.   

1856  On this day in history birth of frank Harris, Galway England, writer   

1856  Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926) was born on February - 15.   

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) was born on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history birth of alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)   

1861  On this day in history birth of halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer   

1866  Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian was born on February - 15.   

1874  On February - 15 birth of emilis Melngailis, composer   

1874  Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica) was born on February - 15.   

1877  On February - 15 birth of louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944)   

1882  On February - 15 birth of john Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)   

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1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on February - 15.   

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on this day in history.   

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on February - 15.   

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.   

1568  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.   

1597  On February - 15 pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66   

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)