Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 15

1800  Frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 15.   

1809  On February - 15 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  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  Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter) was born on February - 15.   

1820  Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette was born on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history birth of abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet   

1822  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of george J Stoney, Irish physicist   

1828  Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary) was born on this day in history.   

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  Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911 was born on this day in history.   

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  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 February - 15.   

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

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 February - 15.   

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

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

1877  Louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944) was born on February - 15.   

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  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  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  On this day in history 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  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)