Famous Personalities Born In 1844

Jan 04 Thomas H Rollinson, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14 On this day in history birth of clara Kathleen Rogers, composer  

Jan 16 In the year 1844 birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)  

Jan 20 Johan Peter Selmer, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25 Frederick E Kitziger, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 30 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17) was born in the year 1844.  

Feb 01 Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen) was born in the year 1844.  

Feb 01 On this day in history birth of granville Stanley Hall, US, psychologist  

Feb 02 Leander Schlegel, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 17 On this day in history 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 Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 20 In the year 1844 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 In the year 1844 birth of kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer  

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 in the year 1844.  

Mar 06 On this day in history 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 In the year 1844 birth of pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing)  

Mar 14 King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900) was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 18 In the year 1844 birth of nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade)  

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

Mar 23 On this day in history birth of eugene Gigout, composer  

Mar 27 In the year 1844 birth of alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer  

Mar 30 In the year 1844 birth of paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur)  

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

Apr 06 In the year 1844 birth of joseph Ludwig, composer  

Apr 16 Anatole France, writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921) was born in the year 1844.  

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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1844 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 Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1844.  

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