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

Jan 17 On this day in history 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 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 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 on this day in history.

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 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 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 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 in the year 1857.

Feb 26 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) was born on this day in history.

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 In the year 1857 birth of julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)

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 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1857 birth of pearson, mathematician

Mar 30 Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926) was born in the year 1857.

Apr 05 On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.

Feb 10 David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died on this day in history.

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.