Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 15

1800  On February - 15 birth of frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer   

1803  John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill) was born on February - 15.   

1807  On February - 15 birth of ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer   

1809  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper) was born on February - 15.   

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

1811  On February - 15 birth of domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)   

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

1820  Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette was born on this day in history.   

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  Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton was born on this day in history.   

1825  On February - 15 birth of carter Harrison, Sr., American politician (d. 1893)   

1826  On this day in history birth of george J Stoney, Irish physicist   

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

1829  On February - 15 birth of silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake)   

1834  William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer was born on February - 15.   

1835  On February - 15 birth of alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911   

1835  On this day in history birth of demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)   

1841  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1847  Robert Fuchs, composer was born on February - 15.   

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  On February - 15 birth of emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)   

1858  On this day in history 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  Emilis Melngailis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1874  On February - 15 birth of ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)   

1877  Louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.   

1882  John Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) was born on this day in history.   

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1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  On this day in history konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.