Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1854

Sep 01 Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 02 Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.  

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

Sep 10 Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1854.  

Sep 23 Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 28 Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus) was born in the year 1854.  

Sep 29 In the year 1854 birth of martin Pluddemann, composer  

Oct 03 William Crawford Gorgas, US, Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever was born in the year 1854.  

Oct 07 Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1854 birth of jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer  

Oct 16 On this day in history 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 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 In the year 1854 birth of alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)  

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

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 Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 05 In the year 1854 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 in the year 1854.  

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 In the year 1854 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 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 in the year 1854.  

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

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

Feb 04 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 11 Willard Richards, American religious leader (b. 1804) died in the year 1854.  

Apr 06 On this day in history william Strickland, US architect, dies