Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 15

1800  On February - 15 birth of frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer   

1803  On this day in history birth of john Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill)   

1807  On February - 15 birth of ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

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

1809  André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857) was born on February - 15.   

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

1812  Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany) was born on February - 15.   

1817  On February - 15 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 this day in history.   

1821  Abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet was born on February - 15.   

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

1823  Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton was born on February - 15.   

1825  Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.   

1826  George J Stoney, Irish physicist was born on February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

1835  Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911 was born on this day in history.   

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

1841  Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history 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  Gustav Hollaender, composer was born on February - 15.   

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

1856  On this day in history birth of emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)   

1858  William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn) was born on February - 15.   

1861  Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) was born on this day in history.   

1861  On February - 15 birth of halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer   

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

1874  On February - 15 birth of emilis Melngailis, composer   

1874  Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica) was born on this day in history.   

1877  On February - 15 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  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

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  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

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

1600  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)