Famous Birthdays In February - 16
Sunday, 03 December 2023
1831 On this day in history birth of nikolai Leskow, writer
1832 On this day in history birth of camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)
1834 Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution) was born on February - 16.
1836 On February - 16 birth of benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer
1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist was born on this day in history.
1838 Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams) was born on February - 16.
1847 On February - 16 birth of ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)
1848 On February - 16 birth of hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge)
1850 Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid) was born on February - 16.
1852 On February - 16 birth of charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)
1852 William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes) was born on this day in history.
1854 Oscar Fetras, composer was born on this day in history.
1856 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) was born on February - 16.
1856 On February - 16 birth of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944)
1858 Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) was born on this day in history.
1866 Johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King) was born on this day in history.
1866 Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28] was born on February - 16.
1866 William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player was born on this day in history.
1868 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
1874 On this day in history birth of marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)
1876 On February - 16 birth of george Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi)
1878 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl) was born on February - 16.
1880 On this day in history birth of frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1881 On February - 16 birth of maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet)
1883 Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980) was born on February - 16.
1884 On this day in history birth of robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North)
1886 Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl) was born on this day in history.
1886 Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain) was born on this day in history.
1887 Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962) was born on February - 16.
1890 On February - 16 birth of semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer
1891 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967) was born on February - 16.
1893 Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS] was born on this day in history.
1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin) was born on February - 16.
1898 On this day in history birth of katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St)
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