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Friday, 26 December 2025
1831 On this day in history birth of nikolai Leskow, writer 
1832 Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army) was born on February - 16.
1834 Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution) was born on this day in history.
1836 On February - 16 birth of benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer
1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist was born on February - 16.
1838 On this day in history birth of henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
1847 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) was born on this day in history.
1848 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge) was born on this day in history.
1850 On February - 16 birth of octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)
1852 Charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses) was born on this day in history.
1852 On February - 16 birth of william Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes)
1854 Oscar Fetras, composer was born on this day in history.
1856 On February - 16 birth of willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)
1856 On February - 16 birth of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944)
1858 On this day in history birth of laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)
1866 On February - 16 birth of johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King)
1866 On February - 16 birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28]
1866 On this day in history birth of william "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player
1868 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
1874 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935) was born on February - 16.
1876 George Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi) was born on this day in history.
1878 On this day in history birth of selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
1880 Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946) was born on February - 16.
1881 On February - 16 birth of maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet)
1883 On February - 16 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 On February - 16 birth of andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl)
1886 Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain) was born on February - 16.
1887 Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962) was born on February - 16.
1890 Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer was born on this day in history.
1891 On this day in history birth of hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967)
1893 On this day in history birth of ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS]
1896 On this day in history birth of alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin)
1898 On February - 16 birth of katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St)
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