{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1844

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of thomas H Rollinson, composer  

Jan 07 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 14 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 16 In the year 1844 birth of ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)  

Jan 20 Johan Peter Selmer, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of frederick E Kitziger, composer  

Jan 30 On this day in history birth of moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)  

Feb 01 On this day in history birth of eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)  

Feb 01 In the year 1844 birth of granville Stanley Hall, US, psychologist  

Feb 02 Leander Schlegel, composer was born in the year 1844.  

Feb 17 A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) was born in the year 1844.  

Feb 18 Willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School) was born in the year 1844.  

Feb 20 In the year 1844 birth of joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)  

Feb 20 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) was born in the year 1844.  

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory)  

Feb 22 On this day in history birth of kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer  

Mar 02 Hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/Dutch politician was born in the year 1844.  

Mar 04 Josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother) was born in the year 1844.  

Mar 06 Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18) was born in the year 1844.  

Mar 07 In the year 1844 birth of anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist  

Mar 10 In the year 1844 birth of pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing)  

Mar 14 King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900) was born in the year 1844.  

Mar 15 On this day in history birth of bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test)  

Mar 18 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 19 In the year 1844 birth of ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)  

Mar 23 On this day in history birth of eugene Gigout, composer  

Mar 27 Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 30 In the year 1844 birth of paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur)  

Mar 31 Andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book) was born in the year 1844.  

Apr 06 Joseph Ludwig, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 16 In the year 1844 birth of anatole France, writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)  

Apr 22 Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.  

May 02 In the year 1844 birth of elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents  

May 03 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist was born in the year 1844.  

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Jan 15 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1844.  

Jan 31 On this day in history death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)  

Feb 04 On this day in history willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

Feb 15 On this day in history henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86  

Feb 16 On this day in history death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)  

Feb 27 In the year 1844 nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85  

Feb 28 On this day in history abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton  

Feb 29 In the year 1844 thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67