Famous Birthdays In February - 28

1833  Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

1838  Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.   

1840  On February - 28 birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)   

1841  Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history birth of hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)   

1851  Samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923) was born on February - 28.   

1854  Juliusz Zarebski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1857  On February - 28 birth of gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

1858  Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries) was born on this day in history.   

1865  Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy) was born on February - 28.   

1865  On this day in history birth of wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary   

1866  On this day in history birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]   

1874  On this day in history birth of soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)   

1875  On February - 28 birth of viliam Figus, composer   

1876  On February - 28 birth of john Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift)   

1877  On February - 28 birth of sergei Bortkiewicz, composer   

1878  Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history birth of artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)   

1882  Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) was born on February - 28.   

1882  Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1882  On February - 28 birth of richard Heinrich Stein, composer   

1886  On this day in history birth of jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas)   

1886  Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo) was born on February - 28.   

1887  On February - 28 birth of william Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance)   

1889  On February - 28 birth of victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City)   

1890  Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS) was born on this day in history.   

1893  Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) was born on February - 28.   

1895  Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) was born on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history birth of marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire)   

1896  On February - 28 birth of philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)   

1898  Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) was born on February - 28.   

1899  On this day in history birth of frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist   

1900  On February - 28 birth of laura Z Hobson, writer   

1900  Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.   

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0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1261  On this day in history hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  On this day in history death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.   

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.