Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1844

May 03 Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe) was born on this day in history.  

May 08 Hermann Gradener, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 09 On this day in history birth of [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)  

May 17 Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.  

May 20 Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream) was born in the year 1844.  

May 22 Mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing) was born in the year 1844.  

May 23 On this day in history birth of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921)  

May 28 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 30 In the year 1844 birth of louis Varney, composer  

Jun 01 In the year 1844 birth of galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916  

Jun 01 On this day in history birth of john J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)  

Jun 03 Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet was born in the year 1844.  

Jun 03 Emile Paladilhe, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jun 03 Garret Augustus Hobart, (R) 24th US VP (1897-99) was born in the year 1844.  

Jun 06 Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 10 On this day in history birth of j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)  

Jun 10 Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen) was born in the year 1844.  

Jun 14 In the year 1844 birth of edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist  

Jun 21 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo) was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 01 Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 08 Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School) was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 11 On this day in history birth of peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia  

Jul 22 On this day in history birth of william Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms)  

Jul 25 Thomas Eakins, American artist (d. 1916) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 28 In the year 1844 birth of gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet (Windhover)  

Jul 31 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist was born in the year 1844.  

Aug 06 On this day in history birth of alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)  

Aug 07 Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 1911) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 17 In the year 1844 birth of menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913)  

Aug 19 In the year 1844 birth of minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils)  

Aug 29 In the year 1844 birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)  

Aug 30 In the year 1844 birth of friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)  

Sep 10 Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918) was born in the year 1844.  

Sep 11 George Clement Martin, composer was born in the year 1844.  

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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 in the year 1844.  

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

Feb 16 In the year 1844 death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)  

Feb 27 In the year 1844 nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85  

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 on this day in history.