Famous Birthdays In 1857

Jan 02 Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born in the year 1857.

Jan 02 Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born on this day in history.

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

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)

Jan 09 In the year 1857 birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)

Jan 11 Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys) was born on this day in history.

Jan 17 In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)

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

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 the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.

Jan 31 George Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933) was born in the year 1857.

Feb 02 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector was born in the year 1857.

Feb 09 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education was born on this day in history.

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 On this day in history 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 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born in the year 1857.

Mar 03 Alfred Bruneau, composer was born in the year 1857.

Mar 07 On this day in history birth of julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)

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 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) was born in the year 1857.

Mar 22 Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) was born on this day in history.

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

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

Mar 27 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

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

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Jan 20 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.

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 in the year 1857.

Feb 09 On this day in history death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)

Feb 10 On this day in history 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 in the year 1857.

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