Famous Birthdays In February - 17

1837  On this day in history birth of sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)  

1844  A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) was born on February - 17.  

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

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

1850  On February - 17 birth of anton Urspruch, composer  

1850  On February - 17 birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer  

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  Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on February - 17.  

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

1861  On February - 17 birth of princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)  

1862  On February - 17 birth of edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer  

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

1863  On February - 17 birth of fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)  

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

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

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 February - 17.  

1874  Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on February - 17.  

1877  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune) was born on this day in history.  

1877  On February - 17 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  Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club) was born on February - 17.  

1880  Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24) was born on February - 17.  

1882  On February - 17 birth of kurt Schindler, composer  

1882  On February - 17 birth of noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)  

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

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

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born on February - 17.  

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 February - 17.  

1888  Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder) was born on February - 17.  

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  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.  

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots  

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  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria  

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.  

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.  

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on February - 17.