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  John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill) was born on this day in history.   

1807  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1817  On February - 15 birth of charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter   

1819  Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter) was born on February - 15.   

1820  On this day in history 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 February - 15.   

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  On February - 15 birth of george J Stoney, Irish physicist   

1828  Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary) was born on February - 15.   

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

1845  On this day in history birth of elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)   

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 February - 15.   

1856  Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926) was born on February - 15.   

1858  On this day in history birth of william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)   

1861  Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) was born on this day in history.   

1861  On February - 15 birth of halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer   

1866  On February - 15 birth of bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian   

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

1874  On this day in history birth of ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)   

1877  On February - 15 birth of louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944)   

1882  John Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) was born on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

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.