Famous Birthdays In February - 15

1800  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

1809  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper) was born on this day in history.   

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

1811  Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74) was born on this day in history.   

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

1817  Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter was born on this day in history.   

1819  Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1822  On February - 15 birth of theodor Uhlig, composer   

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

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

1826  On February - 15 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  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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)   

1847  On this day in history birth of robert Fuchs, composer   

1855  On February - 15 birth of gustav Hollaender, composer   

1856  Frank Harris, Galway England, writer was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 15.   

1861  On this day in history birth of halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer   

1866  On this day in history birth of bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian   

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

1874  Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica) was born on February - 15.   

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  On this day in history 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  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.   

1568  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

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

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