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 this day in history birth of john Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill)   

1807  On February - 15 birth of ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

1809  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper) was born on this day in history.   

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

1811  Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on February - 15.   

1812  Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany) was born on February - 15.   

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  On February - 15 birth of susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette   

1821  On this day in history birth of abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet   

1822  Theodor Uhlig, composer was born on this day in history.   

1823  On February - 15 birth of li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton   

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

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

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 February - 15.   

1834  William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer was born on this day in history.   

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

1835  On this day in history birth of demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)   

1841  On this day in history birth of manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)   

1845  Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912) was born on this day in history.   

1847  Robert Fuchs, composer was born on this day in history.   

1855  Gustav Hollaender, composer was born on this day in history.   

1856  Frank Harris, Galway England, writer was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

1866  On this day in history birth of bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian   

1874  Emilis Melngailis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1874  Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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1043  On this day in history gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52   

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  On this day in history konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

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

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

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