Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

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

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

1848  Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920) was born on February - 17.   

1849  Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter was born on February - 17.   

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

1850  On this day in history birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer   

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

1855  On this day in history birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)   

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  Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history birth of edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer   

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

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

1864  Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) was born on February - 17.   

1864  Jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on February - 17.   

1867  On this day in history 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  Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on February - 17.   

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

1877  Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

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

1879  On February - 17 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  Kurt Schindler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history birth of noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)   

1884  On February - 17 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  On this day in history birth of leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

1888  Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) was born on this day in history.   

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots on February - 17.   

0956  Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 on February - 17.   

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

1371  On February - 17 death of ivan Alexander of Bulgaria   

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

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1609  Death of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) on February - 17.