Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1837  Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on this day in history.   

1844  On February - 17 birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

1848  On this day in history birth of louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)   

1849  On February - 17 birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  On February - 17 birth of anton Urspruch, composer   

1850  On this day in history birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer   

1854  Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer was born on this day in history.   

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

1857  On this day in history birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher   

1858  Ernest Ford, composer was born on February - 17.   

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

1862  On this day in history birth of edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer   

1862  On this day in history birth of mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)   

1863  On this day in history birth of fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)   

1864  On February - 17 birth of andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)   

1864  On February - 17 birth of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)   

1867  William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury) was born on February - 17.   

1870  Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) was born on February - 17.   

1874  On this day in history birth of thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)   

1877  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune) was born on February - 17.   

1877  On this day in history birth of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)   

1877  On this day in history birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)   

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

1880  On February - 17 birth of alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)   

1882  Kurt Schindler, composer was born on February - 17.   

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 February - 17 birth of steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)   

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

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) was born on February - 17.   

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  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire was born on February - 17.   

1891  On this day in history birth of georg Britting, writer   

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0364  On this day in history flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

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

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

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

1600  On February - 17 death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.