Famous Birthdays In February - 17

1837  On February - 17 birth of sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)   

1844  On this day in history birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

1848  Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  Anton Urspruch, composer was born on February - 17.   

1850  Ludwig Bonvin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1854  On February - 17 birth of friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer   

1855  On this day in history birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)   

1857  On February - 17 birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher   

1858  On this day in history birth of ernest Ford, composer   

1861  On this day in history birth of princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)   

1862  Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born on February - 17.   

1862  On February - 17 birth of mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)   

1863  Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.   

1864  Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) was born on February - 17.   

1864  Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

1867  On February - 17 birth of william Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)   

1870  Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) was born on this day in history.   

1874  On February - 17 birth of thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)   

1877  On this day in history birth of henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)   

1877  Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

1877  On February - 17 birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)   

1879  On February - 17 birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)   

1880  Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24) was born on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history birth of kurt Schindler, composer   

1882  Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro) was born on February - 17.   

1884  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940) was born on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history birth of steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)   

1887  On this day in history birth of leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

1888  On this day in history birth of henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1888  Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943) was born on February - 17.   

1888  Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder) was born on this day in history.   

1889  On February - 17 birth of h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire   

1891  Georg Britting, writer was born on February - 17.   

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0364  On February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on February - 17.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1596  On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)