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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09 On this day in history 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 In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

Jan 17 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.  

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 the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.  

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 Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96) was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.  

Feb 18 On this day in history birth of max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor  

Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born in the year 1857.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 28 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born in the year 1857.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 05 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born in the year 1857.  

Apr 10 In the year 1857 birth of henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker  

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Jan 20 On this day in history edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32  

Jan 27 On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72  

Feb 07 On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

Feb 09 In the year 1857 death of dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)  

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

Feb 14 On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56  

Feb 15 On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies  

Feb 16 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 on this day in history.