Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1837  On this day in history 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  On February - 17 birth of louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)   

1849  Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter was born on February - 17.   

1850  On this day in history birth of anton Urspruch, composer   

1850  On February - 17 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 February - 17 birth of princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)   

1862  Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) was born on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history birth of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)   

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 this day in history.   

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  Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904) was born on February - 17.   

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

1879  Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club) was born on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history birth of alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)   

1882  On February - 17 birth of kurt Schindler, composer   

1882  Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro) was born on this day in history.   

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

1888  On February - 17 birth of otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)   

1888  On February - 17 birth of ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)   

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

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

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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

1600  On this day in history 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 February - 17.