Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1837  Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on this day in history.   

1844  On February - 17 birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)   

1848  On this day in history birth of louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)   

1849  On February - 17 birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  On this day in history birth of anton Urspruch, composer   

1850  Ludwig Bonvin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1854  Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer was born on this day in history.   

1855  Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) was born on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher   

1858  Ernest Ford, composer was born on this day in history.   

1861  Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on February - 17.   

1862  Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history birth of mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)   

1863  Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.   

1864  On February - 17 birth of andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)   

1864  Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

1867  William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury) was born on this day in history.   

1870  Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) was born on this day in history.   

1874  Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on this day in history.   

1877  On February - 17 birth of henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)   

1877  On this day in history birth of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)   

1877  On February - 17 birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)   

1879  On this day in history birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)   

1880  Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24) was born on February - 17.   

1882  On this day in history birth of kurt Schindler, composer   

1882  Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro) was born on this day in history.   

1884  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940) was born on February - 17.   

1885  Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on February - 17.   

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history birth of henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1888  On this day in history birth of otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)   

1888  Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder) was born on February - 17.   

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history birth of georg Britting, writer   

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0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on February - 17.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  On February - 17 death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on February - 17.   

1600  On February - 17 death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  On February - 17 death of ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)