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 in the year 1857.  

Jan 06 Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931) was born in the year 1857.  

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

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

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 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)  

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 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 Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education was born on this day in history.  

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 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 In the year 1857 birth of heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves  

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 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 03 Alfred Bruneau, composer was born in the year 1857.  

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 Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 22 In the year 1857 birth of arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)  

Mar 22 In the year 1857 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 in the year 1857.  

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

Mar 27 On this day in history birth of pearson, mathematician  

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

Apr 05 In the year 1857 birth of alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)  

Apr 10 In the year 1857 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 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 07 In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

Feb 09 On this day in history 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 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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