Famous Birthdays In 1857

Jan 02 In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)

Jan 02 In the year 1857 birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)

Jan 06 In the year 1857 birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)

Jan 09 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born on this day in history.

Jan 11 Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born in the year 1857.

Jan 17 Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born in the year 1857.

Jan 17 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)

Jan 23 Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) was born on this day in history.

Jan 26 In the year 1857 birth of the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)

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

Feb 02 On this day in history birth of jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector

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

Feb 12 On this day in history birth of bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)

Feb 17 In the year 1857 birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher

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

Feb 21 In the year 1857 birth of jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907)

Feb 22 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves was born in the year 1857.

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 On this day in history birth of gustave Adolph Kerker, composer

Mar 03 In the year 1857 birth of alfred Bruneau, composer

Mar 07 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) was born in the year 1857.

Mar 08 Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) was born in the year 1857.

Mar 16 Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

Mar 23 In the year 1857 birth of fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)

Mar 27 In the year 1857 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 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born on this day in history.

Apr 10 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born on this day in history.

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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 Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.

Feb 09 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died on this day in history.

Feb 10 On this day in history death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)

Feb 14 In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56

Feb 15 In the year 1857 mikhail Glinka, composer, dies

Feb 16 On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77