Famous Birthdays In 1857

Jan 02 Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born in the year 1857.

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)

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

Jan 09 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) was born on this day in history.

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 in the year 1857.

Jan 17 In the year 1857 birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)

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 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 On this day in history birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher

Feb 18 In the year 1857 birth of max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor

Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born on this day in history.

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

Feb 22 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides) was born on this day in history.

Feb 26 On this day in history birth of emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)

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

Mar 08 Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) was born in the year 1857.

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 on this day in history.

Mar 22 In the year 1857 birth of paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32)

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 in the year 1857.

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

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

Apr 05 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born on this day in history.

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 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

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

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

Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.

Feb 16 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 in the year 1857.