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Thursday, 11 December 2025
1831 On this day in history birth of nikolai Leskow, writer 
1832 On February - 16 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 this day in history.
1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer was born on February - 16.
1838 On this day in history birth of arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
1838 Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams) was born on February - 16.
1847 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) was born on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history 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 Charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses) was born on this day in history.
1852 William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes) was born on this day in history.
1854 On this day in history birth of oscar Fetras, composer
1856 On this day in history birth of willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)
1856 Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1866 On this day in history birth of william "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player
1868 On February - 16 birth of wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
1874 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.
1876 On this day in history birth of george Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi)
1878 On this day in history birth of selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
1880 On February - 16 birth of frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1881 Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet) was born on this day in history.
1883 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980)
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 On February - 16 birth of van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain)
1887 Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962) was born on February - 16.
1890 Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer was born on February - 16.
1891 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967) was born on February - 16.
1893 On February - 16 birth of ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS]
1896 On this day in history birth of alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin)
1898 Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St) was born on this day in history.
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