Famous Birthdays In February - 17

1837  On February - 17 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 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  On this day in history birth of anton Urspruch, composer   

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

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  Ernest Ford, composer was born on February - 17.   

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  Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) was born on this day in history.   

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

1877  On February - 17 birth of henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)   

1877  Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904) was born on February - 17.   

1877  On this day in history birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)   

1879  Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club) was born on February - 17.   

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

1882  Kurt Schindler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1882  Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro) was born on February - 17.   

1884  On this day in history birth of arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)   

1885  Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history birth of leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

1888  On February - 17 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  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  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  On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

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)