Famous Birthdays In 1857

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)

Jan 02 Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born in the year 1857.

Jan 06 Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.

Jan 06 William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)

Jan 11 In the year 1857 birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)

Jan 17 Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born on this day in history.

Jan 17 In the year 1857 birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)

Jan 18 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) was born in the year 1857.

Jan 23 In the year 1857 birth of andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)

Jan 26 the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875) was born in the year 1857.

Jan 31 In the year 1857 birth of george Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933)

Feb 02 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector was born on this day in history.

Feb 09 In the year 1857 birth of johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education

Feb 12 Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96) was born in the year 1857.

Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.

Feb 18 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.

Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born in the year 1857.

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)

Feb 26 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) was born in the year 1857.

Feb 28 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on this day in history.

Mar 03 On this day in history birth of alfred Bruneau, composer

Mar 07 In the year 1857 birth of julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)

Mar 08 In the year 1857 birth of ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza)

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936)

Mar 22 On this day in history birth of arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)

Mar 22 Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) was born in the year 1857.

Mar 23 Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company) was born on this day in history.

Mar 27 On this day in history birth of karl Pearson, London England, mathematician

Mar 27 Pearson, mathematician was born on this day in history.

Mar 30 Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926) was born in the year 1857.

Apr 05 On this day in history birth of alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)

Apr 10 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born in the year 1857.

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Jan 20 On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32

Jan 27 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.

Feb 07 In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65

Feb 09 In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)

Feb 10 In the year 1857 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)

Feb 14 On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56

Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.

Feb 16 In the year 1857 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77