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

1850  Anton Urspruch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1850  Ludwig Bonvin, composer was born on February - 17.   

1854  Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer was born on February - 17.   

1855  Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) was born on February - 17.   

1857  Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on February - 17.   

1858  Ernest Ford, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1862  On February - 17 birth of mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)   

1863  Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)   

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 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 February - 17.   

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 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  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 February - 17.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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