Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1854

Sep 01 In the year 1854 birth of engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)  

Sep 02 In the year 1854 birth of hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)  

Sep 08 Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File was born on this day in history.  

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

Sep 17 On this day in history birth of david Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d.1929)  

Sep 17 Hans Muller, music historian was born in the year 1854.  

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

Sep 28 On this day in history birth of adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)  

Sep 29 Martin Pluddemann, composer was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 03 In the year 1854 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 In the year 1854 birth of christiaan R de Wet, South African rebel leader, politician and general in the Boer War  

Oct 10 Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 16 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 16 Oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray) was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 18 On this day in history birth of bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)  

Oct 18 In the year 1854 birth of solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer  

Oct 20 Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 24 In the year 1854 birth of hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (Heterogenen Gleichgewichte)  

Oct 26 In the year 1854 birth of august T C Kiehl, Dutch actor (Pearl of Zaandam)  

Oct 26 In the year 1854 birth of c. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)  

Oct 27 Sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 31 Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt) was born in the year 1854.  

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 On this day in history birth of johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)  

Nov 09 In the year 1854 birth of joseph Miroslav Weber, composer  

Nov 13 George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 21 On this day in history birth of benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)  

Nov 27 On this day in history birth of aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs  

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Jan 08 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09 Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies in the year 1854.  

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

Feb 17 In the year 1854 hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71  

Mar 06 Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 11 On this day in history death of willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804)  

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