Famous Birthdays In February - 15

1800  On February - 15 birth of frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer   

1803  John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill) was born on February - 15.   

1807  On this day in history birth of ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

1809  On this day in history birth of cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)   

1809  André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857) was born on February - 15.   

1811  Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on February - 15.   

1812  On this day in history birth of charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)   

1817  Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter was born on February - 15.   

1819  On February - 15 birth of christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)   

1820  Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette was born on February - 15.   

1821  On February - 15 birth of abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet   

1822  On this day in history birth of theodor Uhlig, composer   

1823  On this day in history birth of li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton   

1825  Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893) was born on February - 15.   

1826  On this day in history birth of george J Stoney, Irish physicist   

1828  Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary) was born on February - 15.   

1829  On this day in history birth of silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake)   

1834  On February - 15 birth of william Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer   

1835  Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911 was born on this day in history.   

1835  Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908) was born on February - 15.   

1841  On February - 15 birth of manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)   

1845  Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912) was born on this day in history.   

1847  On February - 15 birth of robert Fuchs, composer   

1855  Gustav Hollaender, composer was born on this day in history.   

1856  Frank Harris, Galway England, writer was born on this day in history.   

1856  Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) was born on February - 15.   

1861  On February - 15 birth of alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)   

1861  On February - 15 birth of halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer   

1866  On this day in history birth of bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian   

1874  On this day in history birth of emilis Melngailis, composer   

1874  On this day in history birth of ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)   

1877  On February - 15 birth of louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944)   

1882  John Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) was born on February - 15.   

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1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  On February - 15 konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

1503  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on February - 15.   

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on February - 15.   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on February - 15.