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 on this day in history.

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

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

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

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 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.

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 in the year 1857.

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

Feb 02 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector was born on this day in history.

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 in the year 1857.

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 in the year 1857.

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 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides) was born in the year 1857.

Feb 26 In the year 1857 birth of emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)

Feb 28 In the year 1857 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 in the year 1857.

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 in the year 1857.

Mar 22 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) was born in the year 1857.

Mar 22 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

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

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

Mar 30 On this day in history birth of leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926)

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 in the year 1857.

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

Feb 10 David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died in the year 1857.

Feb 14 In the year 1857 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56

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

Feb 16 On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77