Famous Birthdays In February - 22

1810  Holger Simon Paulli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1814  On February - 22 birth of henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer  

1817  On this day in history birth of niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist/composer/conductor  

1817  On this day in history birth of carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880)  

1819  Bernardo Calvo Puig, composer was born on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history birth of james Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat/abolitionist  

1821  On February - 22 birth of giovanni Bottesini, composer  

1822  Adolf Kuszmaul, German physician (stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease) was born on this day in history.  

1824  Pierre Janssen, French astronomer (d. 1907) was born on February - 22.  

1825  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1898)  

1827  James Barnet Fry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894 was born on February - 22.  

1828  Robert Alexander Cameron, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894 was born on February - 22.  

1833  Josef Foerster, composer was born on February - 22.  

1834  Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history birth of eduard Wachmann, composer  

1838  Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun was born on this day in history.  

1839  Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906) was born on February - 22.  

1840  On this day in history birth of f August Bebel, German social-democrat  

1842  On February - 22 birth of carl Rosa, Hamburg Germany, founder (Rosa opera company)  

1842  Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor (Ukkel) was born on this day in history.  

1843  Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay, France/Brazil writer (Inocencia) was born on February - 22.  

1844  Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer was born on February - 22.  

1849  On this day in history birth of nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician (d. 1915)  

1850  Isaac L Rice, Germany, (namesake of Columbia Univ's Rice stadium) was born on February - 22.  

1852  On this day in history birth of pieter K Pel, internist (Pel-Ebstein fever)  

1857  Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves was born on this day in history.  

1857  Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides) was born on February - 22.  

1862  Karen Hulda Garborg[-Bergersen], Norwegian playwright (Mot Solen/Eli) was born on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history birth of jules Renard, France, writer (Poil de Carotte)  

1865  On February - 22 birth of otto Modersohn, German painter  

1868  Henri Polak, union leader/politician (soc-dem) was born on this day in history.  

1873  Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher was born on February - 22.  

1874  Bill Klem, American baseball umpire (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.  

1877  On this day in history birth of yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist  

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0606  On this day in history sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies  

0965  On February - 22 death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)  

1071  On February - 22 arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle  

1076  On February - 22 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]  

1078  Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on this day in history.  

1111  On February - 22 death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily  

1213  On this day in history wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies  

1371  On this day in history david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46