Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 15

1800  On this day in history 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  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1809  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper) was born on February - 15.   

1809  On this day in history birth of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)   

1811  On February - 15 birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

1812  On February - 15 birth of charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)   

1817  On this day in history birth of charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter   

1819  On this day in history birth of christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)   

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

1821  On this day in history birth of abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet   

1822  Theodor Uhlig, composer was born on this day in history.   

1823  On February - 15 birth of li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton   

1825  On February - 15 birth of carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1834  William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer was born on this day in history.   

1835  Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911 was born on February - 15.   

1835  On this day in history birth of demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)   

1841  On this day in history birth of manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)   

1845  On February - 15 birth of elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)   

1847  Robert Fuchs, composer was born on February - 15.   

1855  On this day in history birth of gustav Hollaender, composer   

1856  Frank Harris, Galway England, writer was born on February - 15.   

1856  Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926) was born on February - 15.   

1858  On February - 15 birth of william Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)   

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

1861  Halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer was born on February - 15.   

1866  Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian was born on February - 15.   

1874  Emilis Melngailis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1874  On February - 15 birth of ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)   

1877  On this day in history birth of louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944)   

1882  On February - 15 birth of john Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)   

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1043  On February - 15 gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52   

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 this day in history henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  On this day in history hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.   

1597  On this day in history pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66   

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)