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 this day in history 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  Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter was born on February - 17.   

1850  On February - 17 birth of anton Urspruch, composer   

1850  On February - 17 birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer   

1854  On this day in history 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  Ernest Ford, composer was born on this day in history.   

1861  Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on February - 17.   

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

1862  Mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922) was born on February - 17.   

1863  Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on February - 17.   

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

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

1867  William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury) was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 17 birth of henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)   

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

1877  André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) was born on this day in history.   

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

1880  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1884  On February - 17 birth of arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)   

1885  Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born on this day in history.   

1888  On February - 17 birth of henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1888  Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943) was born on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history birth of ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)   

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.   

1891  Georg Britting, writer was born on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

0956  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

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 February - 17 death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

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