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 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 in the year 1857.

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 on this day in history.

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 in the year 1857.

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 In the year 1857 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 In the year 1857 birth of bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)

Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born in the year 1857.

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 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides) was born on this day in history.

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 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 on this day in history.

Mar 16 In the year 1857 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 On this day in history birth of paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32)

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

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

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

Mar 30 In the year 1857 birth of leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926)

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

Apr 10 In the year 1857 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 on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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.