Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 15

1800  Frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer was born on this day in history.   

1803  John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill) was born on February - 15.   

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

1809  On February - 15 birth of cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)   

1809  André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857) was born on this day in history.   

1811  Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on February - 15.   

1812  On this day in history birth of charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)   

1817  Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter was born on February - 15.   

1819  Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter) was born on February - 15.   

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 this day in history birth of carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893)   

1826  On this day in history birth of george J Stoney, Irish physicist   

1828  On February - 15 birth of johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)   

1829  Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake) was born on February - 15.   

1834  On February - 15 birth of william Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer   

1835  On February - 15 birth of alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911   

1835  Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908) was born on February - 15.   

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

1845  Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912) was born on February - 15.   

1847  On February - 15 birth of robert Fuchs, composer   

1855  Gustav Hollaender, composer was born on February - 15.   

1856  On February - 15 birth of frank Harris, Galway England, writer   

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  Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) was born on February - 15.   

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

1866  Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian was born on this day in history.   

1874  Emilis Melngailis, composer was born on February - 15.   

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

1877  Louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.   

1882  John Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) was born on February - 15.   

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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 February - 15.   

1503  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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

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

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on February - 15.