Famous Birthdays In February - 17

1837  On February - 17 birth of sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)   

1844  On this day in history birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

1848  On this day in history birth of louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)   

1849  On February - 17 birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  Anton Urspruch, composer was born on February - 17.   

1850  On February - 17 birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer   

1854  On February - 17 birth of friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer   

1855  On February - 17 birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)   

1857  Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.   

1858  Ernest Ford, composer was born on this day in history.   

1861  Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.   

1862  Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history birth of mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)   

1863  Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on February - 17.   

1864  Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) was born on February - 17.   

1864  Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on February - 17.   

1867  William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury) was born on February - 17.   

1870  Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) was born on February - 17.   

1874  On this day in history birth of thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)   

1877  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune) was born on this day in history.   

1877  On February - 17 birth of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)   

1877  On this day in history birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)   

1879  On this day in history birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)   

1880  On this day in history birth of alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)   

1882  On this day in history birth of kurt Schindler, composer   

1882  On February - 17 birth of noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)   

1884  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940) was born on February - 17.   

1885  Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on February - 17.   

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history birth of henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1888  Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943) was born on February - 17.   

1888  Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder) was born on this day in history.   

1889  On February - 17 birth of h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire   

1891  On February - 17 birth of georg Britting, writer   

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0364  On February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1371  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)