Famous Birthdays In 1857

Jan 02 In the year 1857 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 in the year 1857.

Jan 17 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born in the year 1857.

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

Jan 23 Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) was born in the year 1857.

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

Jan 31 George Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.

Feb 02 In the year 1857 birth of jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education

Feb 12 Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96) was born on this day in history.

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 in the year 1857.

Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born on this day in history.

Feb 22 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves was born on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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

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

Mar 07 On this day in history 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 In the year 1857 birth of charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936)

Mar 22 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) was born on this day in history.

Mar 22 In the year 1857 birth of paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32)

Mar 23 On this day in history birth of fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)

Mar 27 Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician was born in the year 1857.

Mar 27 In the year 1857 birth of pearson, mathematician

Mar 30 Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.

Apr 05 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born in the year 1857.

Apr 10 On this day in history birth of henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker

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Jan 20 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.

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

Feb 07 On this day in history 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 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 in the year 1857.

Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.

Feb 16 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.