Famous Birthdays In February - 17

1837  Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on February - 17.   

1844  On this day in history 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  Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter was born on this day in history.   

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

1850  On February - 17 birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer   

1854  On this day in history birth of friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer   

1855  Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) was born on February - 17.   

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

1858  Ernest Ford, composer was born on February - 17.   

1861  On this day in history birth of princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)   

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

1862  Mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922) was born on February - 17.   

1863  On February - 17 birth of fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)   

1864  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of william Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)   

1870  On this day in history birth of louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)   

1874  On February - 17 birth of thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)   

1877  On this day in history birth of henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)   

1877  Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904) was born on February - 17.   

1877  André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) was born on February - 17.   

1879  Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club) was born on February - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1885  Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

1887  Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born on February - 17.   

1888  On February - 17 birth of henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1888  On February - 17 birth of otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)   

1888  On February - 17 birth of ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)   

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire was born on February - 17.   

1891  Georg Britting, writer was born on this day in history.   

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0364  On February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On February - 17 death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  On February - 17 hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1371  Death of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria on February - 17.   

1596  On February - 17 death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  On this day in history death of giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on this day in history.