Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 15

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

1803  John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill) was born on February - 15.   

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

1809  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper) was born on February - 15.   

1809  On this day in history birth of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)   

1811  On this day in history birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

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

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

1819  On February - 15 birth of christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1829  Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake) was born on February - 15.   

1834  On February - 15 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 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  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  On February - 15 birth of gustav Hollaender, composer   

1856  Frank Harris, Galway England, writer was born on February - 15.   

1856  Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) was born on February - 15.   

1861  On February - 15 birth of alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)   

1861  Halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer was born on February - 15.   

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

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

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 February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

1145  On February - 15 lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  On February - 15 konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on February - 15.