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 this day in history.   

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

1809  On February - 15 birth of cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)   

1809  André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1820  On February - 15 birth of susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette   

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 February - 15.   

1825  Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake)   

1834  William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer was born on February - 15.   

1835  Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911 was born on February - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1845  On February - 15 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  On this day in history birth of gustav Hollaender, composer   

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

1856  On this day in history birth of emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)   

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1874  On February - 15 birth of ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)   

1877  On this day in history birth of louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944)   

1882  On this day in history 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  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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