Famous Birthdays In February - 22

1810  On February - 22 birth of holger Simon Paulli, composer   

1814  On February - 22 birth of henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer   

1817  On February - 22 birth of niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist/composer/conductor   

1817  Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880) was born on this day in history.   

1819  Bernardo Calvo Puig, composer was born on February - 22.   

1819  On this day in history birth of james Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat/abolitionist   

1821  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bottesini, composer   

1822  On this day in history birth of adolf Kuszmaul, German physician (stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease)   

1824  On this day in history birth of pierre Janssen, French astronomer (d. 1907)   

1825  Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history birth of james Barnet Fry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894   

1828  On February - 22 birth of robert Alexander Cameron, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1833  Josef Foerster, composer was born on February - 22.   

1834  On February - 22 birth of albert Heinrich Zabel, composer   

1836  Eduard Wachmann, composer was born on February - 22.   

1838  Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun was born on February - 22.   

1839  On this day in history birth of francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906)   

1840  F August Bebel, German social-democrat was born on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history birth of carl Rosa, Hamburg Germany, founder (Rosa opera company)   

1842  Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor (Ukkel) was born on this day in history.   

1843  Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay, France/Brazil writer (Inocencia) was born on February - 22.   

1844  On this day in history birth of kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer   

1849  Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician (d. 1915) was born on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history birth of isaac L Rice, Germany, (namesake of Columbia Univ's Rice stadium)   

1852  On February - 22 birth of pieter K Pel, internist (Pel-Ebstein fever)   

1857  On this day in history birth of heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves   

1857  On February - 22 birth of robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)   

1862  Karen Hulda Garborg[-Bergersen], Norwegian playwright (Mot Solen/Eli) was born on February - 22.   

1864  On this day in history birth of jules Renard, France, writer (Poil de Carotte)   

1865  Otto Modersohn, German painter was born on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history birth of henri Polak, union leader/politician (soc-dem)   

1873  Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher was born on February - 22.   

1874  Bill Klem, American baseball umpire (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history birth of yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist   

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0606  Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies on this day in history.   

0965  On February - 22 death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  On this day in history arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle   

1076  On February - 22 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]   

1078  Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on February - 22.   

1111  Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on February - 22.   

1213  On this day in history wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies   

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.