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

May 17 In the year 1844 birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)  

May 20 On this day in history birth of henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream)  

May 22 On this day in history birth of mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing)  

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 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 John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911) was born in the year 1844.  

Jun 03 On this day in history 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 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 10 On this day in history birth of karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 01 On this day in history birth of verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika)  

Jul 08 Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet (Windhover)  

Jul 31 In the year 1844 birth of ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist  

Aug 06 Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 19 Minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils) was born on this day in history.  

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

Aug 30 On this day in history birth of friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)  

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

Sep 11 George Clement Martin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 15 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jan 31 Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) died in the year 1844.  

Feb 04 On this day in history willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

Feb 15 In the year 1844 henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86  

Feb 16 On this day in history 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 in the year 1844.  

Feb 29 On this day in history thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67