Famous Birthdays In 1857

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

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

Jan 06 In the year 1857 birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)

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

Jan 09 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born in the year 1857.

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

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

Jan 17 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)

Jan 18 In the year 1857 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 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 on this day in history.

Feb 09 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born on this day in history.

Feb 22 In the year 1857 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 in the year 1857.

Mar 03 Alfred Bruneau, composer was born on this day in history.

Mar 07 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) was born on this day in history.

Mar 08 On this day in history 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 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 Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company) was born in the year 1857.

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

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 In the year 1857 birth of alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)

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 In the year 1857 dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72

Feb 07 Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 in the year 1857.

Feb 09 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died in the year 1857.

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

Feb 14 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on this day in history.

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

Feb 16 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 in the year 1857.