Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1854

Sep 01 On this day in history birth of engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)  

Sep 02 Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910) was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 08 On this day in history birth of willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File  

Sep 10 On this day in history birth of anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)  

Sep 17 David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d.1929) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 17 Hans Muller, music historian was born on this day in history.  

Sep 23 Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05) was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 28 Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 29 On this day in history birth of martin Pluddemann, composer  

Oct 03 On this day in history birth of william Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever  

Oct 07 Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 07 Christiaan R de Wet, South African rebel leader, politician and general in the Boer War was born on this day in history.  

Oct 10 Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 16 In the year 1854 birth of karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist  

Oct 16 On this day in history birth of oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray)  

Oct 18 Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 18 On this day in history birth of solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer  

Oct 20 Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 20 In the year 1854 birth of arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer (Illuminations)  

Oct 24 Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 26 August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 26 C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 27 In the year 1854 birth of sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)  

Oct 31 On this day in history birth of georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)  

Nov 05 In the year 1854 birth of alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920)  

Nov 05 On this day in history birth of paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)  

Nov 06 John Phillip Sousa, Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 08 Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 09 On this day in history birth of joseph Miroslav Weber, composer  

Nov 13 On this day in history birth of george Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)  

Nov 16 Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician was born on this day in history.  

Nov 17 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 21 Benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22) was born in the year 1854.  

Nov 27 Aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs was born in the year 1854.  

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Jan 08 In the year 1854 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)  

Jan 09 On this day in history filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77  

Jan 18 In the year 1854 juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies  

Feb 04 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1854.  

Feb 17 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 06 In the year 1854 caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80  

Mar 11 In the year 1854 death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

Apr 06 In the year 1854 william Strickland, US architect, dies