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 this day in history.   

1807  Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history birth of cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)   

1809  On February - 15 birth of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)   

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

1812  Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany) was born on this day in history.   

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

1819  On this day in history birth of christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)   

1820  On this day in history birth of susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette   

1821  On this day in history birth of abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet   

1822  On this day in history 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 February - 15.   

1826  George J Stoney, Irish physicist was born on this day in history.   

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

1829  On this day in history birth of silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake)   

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 this day in history.   

1841  On February - 15 birth of manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian politician (d. 1913)   

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

1847  Robert Fuchs, composer was born on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history birth of gustav Hollaender, composer   

1856  On this day in history 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  On February - 15 birth of alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)   

1861  Halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer was born on this day in history.   

1866  Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian was born on February - 15.   

1874  On this day in history birth of emilis Melngailis, composer   

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

1877  On February - 15 birth of louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944)   

1882  On this day in history birth of john Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)   

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1043  On February - 15 gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52   

1145  On February - 15 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  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on this day in history.   

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

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

1597  On February - 15 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.