Famous Birthdays 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1811  On February - 15 birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)  

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

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

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

1828  On February - 15 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  On this day in history birth of alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911  

1835  Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908) was born on February - 15.  

1841  On February - 15 birth of manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)  

1845  On February - 15 birth of elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)  

1847  On February - 15 birth of robert Fuchs, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1861  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  John Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) was born on February - 15.  

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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  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 February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies  

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

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.