Famous Birthdays In February - 15

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

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

1807  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer was born on February - 15.   

1809  On this day in history birth of cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)   

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

1811  On February - 15 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 this day in history 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  Abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet was born on February - 15.   

1822  Theodor Uhlig, composer was born on February - 15.   

1823  On this day in history birth of li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton   

1825  On February - 15 birth of carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893)   

1826  George J Stoney, Irish physicist was born on February - 15.   

1828  On this day in history birth of johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)   

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 February - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1847  On February - 15 birth of robert Fuchs, composer   

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

1856  On February - 15 birth of frank Harris, Galway England, writer   

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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 15 birth of emilis Melngailis, composer   

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

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

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  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 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  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.   

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

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)