Famous Birthdays In 1857

Jan 02 On this day in history 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 in the year 1857.  

Jan 06 William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

Jan 11 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 26 the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 31 On this day in history birth of george Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933)  

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

Feb 09 In the year 1857 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 in the year 1857.  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves  

Feb 22 In the year 1857 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 On this day in history birth of alfred Bruneau, composer  

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 Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936) was born in the year 1857.  

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

Mar 22 Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) was born in the year 1857.  

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

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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 in the year 1857.  

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 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies in the year 1857.  

Feb 16 In the year 1857 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77