Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1844

May 03 In the year 1844 birth of richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe)  

May 08 On this day in history birth of hermann Gradener, composer  

May 09 In the year 1844 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 on this day in history.  

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

May 28 On this day in history birth of leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer  

May 30 On this day in history birth of louis Varney, composer  

Jun 01 On this day in history 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 In the year 1844 birth of detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet  

Jun 03 On this day in history birth of emile Paladilhe, composer  

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

Jun 06 On this day in history birth of konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905)  

Jun 10 In the year 1844 birth of j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)  

Jun 10 In the year 1844 birth of karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen)  

Jun 14 On this day in history birth of edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist  

Jun 21 On this day in history birth of ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo)  

Jul 01 Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika) was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 08 In the year 1844 birth of mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)  

Jul 11 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 22 William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms) was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 25 In the year 1844 birth of thomas Eakins, American artist (d. 1916)  

Jul 28 Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet (Windhover) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 31 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist was born on this day in history.  

Aug 06 In the year 1844 birth of alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)  

Aug 07 Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 1911) was born in the year 1844.  

Aug 17 On this day in history birth of menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913)  

Aug 19 On this day in history birth of minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils)  

Aug 29 On this day in history birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)  

Aug 30 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum) was born in the year 1844.  

Sep 10 In the year 1844 birth of abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)  

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

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Jan 15 On this day in history joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78  

Jan 31 Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) died on this day in history.  

Feb 04 In the year 1844 willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

Feb 15 Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86 in the year 1844.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 29 Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.