Famous Birthdays In February - 15

1800  Frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)   

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

1812  On this day in history birth of charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)   

1817  Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter was born on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history birth of christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)   

1820  Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette was born on this day in history.   

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

1822  On February - 15 birth of theodor Uhlig, composer   

1823  On this day in history birth of li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton   

1825  On this day in history birth of carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893)   

1826  George J Stoney, Irish physicist was born on this day in history.   

1828  On February - 15 birth of johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)   

1829  On February - 15 birth of silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake)   

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

1835  Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911 was born on this day in history.   

1835  On February - 15 birth of demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)   

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  Frank Harris, Galway England, writer was born on this day in history.   

1856  On February - 15 birth of emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)   

1858  On February - 15 birth of william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)   

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 this day in history.   

1874  Emilis Melngailis, composer was born on February - 15.   

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

1877  Louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on February - 15.   

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

1503  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on February - 15.   

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

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

1600  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)