Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

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

1844  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  On February - 17 birth of anton Urspruch, composer   

1850  On this day in history 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  Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  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 February - 17.   

1864  Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

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

1870  On February - 17 birth of louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)   

1874  Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on February - 17.   

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 February - 17.   

1879  On this day in history birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)   

1880  Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24) was born on this day in history.   

1882  Kurt Schindler, composer was born on February - 17.   

1882  On this day in history birth of noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)   

1884  On February - 17 birth of arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)   

1885  Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on February - 17.   

1887  On February - 17 birth of leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

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

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  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  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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)