Famous Birthdays In February - 17

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

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

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 this day in history birth of anton Urspruch, composer  

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

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

1855  On February - 17 birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)  

1857  Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.  

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

1861  Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.  

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

1862  Mori ÅŒgai, 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  On this day in history birth of andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)  

1864  Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on February - 17.  

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

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

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  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  On this day in history birth of arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)  

1885  On February - 17 birth of steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1889  On this day in history birth of h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire  

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

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0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.  

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on this day in history.  

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 February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria  

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on February - 17.  

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

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