Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1837  On February - 17 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 this day in history.   

1848  Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920) was born on February - 17.   

1849  On this day in history birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  On February - 17 birth of anton Urspruch, composer   

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

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  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 this day in history birth of princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)   

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

1862  Mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 17 birth of louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)   

1874  On February - 17 birth of thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)   

1877  On this day in history birth of henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)   

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 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  On this day in history birth of kurt Schindler, composer   

1882  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)   

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

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 17 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  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  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

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 this day in history.