Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

1837  On February - 17 birth of sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)   

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  Anton Urspruch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1850  Ludwig Bonvin, composer was born on February - 17.   

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  Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.   

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

1861  On February - 17 birth of princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)   

1862  On February - 17 birth of edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer   

1862  Mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history birth of fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)   

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

1864  On February - 17 birth of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)   

1867  On February - 17 birth of william Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)   

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

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  On February - 17 birth of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)   

1877  On this day in history birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)   

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

1880  On this day in history birth of alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)   

1882  Kurt Schindler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1882  On February - 17 birth of noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)   

1884  On this day in history birth of arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)   

1885  On this day in history birth of steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)   

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

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) was born on February - 17.   

1888  Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943) was born on this day in history.   

1888  Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder) was born on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history birth of h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire   

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  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  On this day in history death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

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

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.