Famous Birthdays In February - 17

1837  Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on February - 17.   

1844  On February - 17 birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

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

1849  Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher   

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  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 this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history birth of fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)   

1864  On February - 17 birth of andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)   

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

1867  On this day in history birth of william Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)   

1870  On this day in history birth of louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)   

1874  Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on this day in history.   

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  André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) was born on February - 17.   

1879  On February - 17 birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)   

1880  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) was born on February - 17.   

1888  On this day in history birth of otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)   

1888  On this day in history birth of ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)   

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

1891  On February - 17 birth of georg Britting, writer   

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

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

1339  On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

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

1600  On February - 17 death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On this day in history death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)