Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 15

1800  On this day in history birth of frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer   

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

1807  On this day in history birth of ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

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  Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on this day in history.   

1812  Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany) was born on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history birth of charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter   

1819  On February - 15 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  Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton was born on this day in history.   

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

1826  On this day in history birth of george J Stoney, Irish physicist   

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  William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer was born on February - 15.   

1835  On this day in history birth of alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911   

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

1841  Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913) was born on February - 15.   

1845  Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912) was born on February - 15.   

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

1855  On February - 15 birth of gustav Hollaender, composer   

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

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  Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) was born on February - 15.   

1861  Halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer was born on this day in history.   

1866  Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian was born on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history birth of emilis Melngailis, composer   

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

1877  On this day in history 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  On February - 15 gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52   

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 this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

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

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.   

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on February - 15.   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.