Famous Birthdays In 1844

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of thomas H Rollinson, composer

Jan 07 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary was born in the year 1844.

Jan 14 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer was born in the year 1844.

Jan 16 On this day in history birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)

Jan 20 On this day in history birth of johan Peter Selmer, composer

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of frederick E Kitziger, composer

Jan 30 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17) was born on this day in history.

Feb 01 In the year 1844 birth of eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)

Feb 01 Granville Stanley Hall, US, psychologist was born in the year 1844.

Feb 02 In the year 1844 birth of leander Schlegel, composer

Feb 17 In the year 1844 birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)

Feb 18 On this day in history birth of willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School)

Feb 20 On this day in history birth of joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)

Feb 20 On this day in history birth of ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)

Feb 21 In the year 1844 birth of charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory)

Feb 22 Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer was born in the year 1844.

Mar 02 In the year 1844 birth of hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/Dutch politician

Mar 04 Josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother) was born on this day in history.

Mar 06 In the year 1844 birth of nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18)

Mar 07 Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist was born in the year 1844.

Mar 10 Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing) was born on this day in history.

Mar 14 On this day in history birth of king Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900)

Mar 15 On this day in history birth of bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test)

Mar 18 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade) was born on this day in history.

Mar 19 On this day in history birth of ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)

Mar 23 Eugene Gigout, composer was born in the year 1844.

Mar 27 On this day in history birth of alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer

Mar 30 Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur) was born in the year 1844.

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book)

Apr 06 Joseph Ludwig, composer was born in the year 1844.

Apr 16 On this day in history birth of anatole France, writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)

Apr 22 In the year 1844 birth of lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)

May 02 In the year 1844 birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents

May 03 On this day in history birth of edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist

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Jan 15 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1844.

Jan 31 On this day in history death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)

Feb 04 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on this day in history.

Feb 15 Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86 on this day in history.

Feb 16 On this day in history death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)

Feb 27 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 in the year 1844.

Feb 28 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on this day in history.

Feb 29 Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1844.