Hisdates•ComFamous Birthdays In February - 16
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1831 On this day in history birth of nikolai Leskow, writer 
1832 On this day in history birth of camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)
1834 Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution) was born on February - 16.
1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer was born on this day in history.
1838 On this day in history birth of arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
1838 On this day in history birth of henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
1847 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) was born on this day in history.
1848 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge) was born on February - 16.
1850 On February - 16 birth of octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)
1852 On February - 16 birth of charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)
1852 William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes) was born on this day in history.
1854 On this day in history birth of oscar Fetras, composer
1856 On February - 16 birth of willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)
1856 On this day in history birth of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944)
1858 On February - 16 birth of laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)
1866 Johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King) was born on this day in history.
1866 On February - 16 birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28]
1866 William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player was born on this day in history.
1868 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
1874 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.
1876 George Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi) was born on February - 16.
1878 On February - 16 birth of selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
1880 Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946) was born on February - 16.
1881 Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet) was born on this day in history.
1883 Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980) was born on this day in history.
1884 On this day in history birth of robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North)
1886 Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl) was born on February - 16.
1886 Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain) was born on February - 16.
1887 Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962) was born on this day in history.
1890 On this day in history birth of semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer
1891 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.
1893 On February - 16 birth of ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS]
1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin) was born on February - 16.
1898 Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St) was born on February - 16.
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