Famous Birthdays In February - 28

1833  On February - 28 birth of alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal   

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

1840  Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history birth of adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)   

1850  Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) was born on February - 28.   

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

1854  On this day in history birth of juliusz Zarebski, composer   

1857  Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on February - 28.   

1858  On February - 28 birth of jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)   

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

1865  Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary was born on February - 28.   

1866  On February - 28 birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]   

1874  Soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range) was born on this day in history.   

1875  Viliam Figus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1876  John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift) was born on February - 28.   

1877  Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1878  On February - 28 birth of pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)   

1878  Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952) was born on this day in history.   

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  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer was born on February - 28.   

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  William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) was born on this day in history.   

1889  Victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City) was born on this day in history.   

1890  On February - 28 birth of vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)   

1893  On this day in history birth of ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page)   

1895  On this day in history birth of guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)   

1895  Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire) was born on this day in history.   

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

1898  Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) was born on this day in history.   

1899  Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist was born on February - 28.   

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

1900  On this day in history birth of wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)   

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0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  On February - 28 death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.   

1485  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on February - 28.   

1525  On this day in history death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)