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  A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) was born on this day in history.   

1848  Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter   

1850  On February - 17 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  Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) was born on this day in history.   

1857  On February - 17 birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher   

1858  On February - 17 birth of ernest Ford, composer   

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

1862  Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born on February - 17.   

1862  On February - 17 birth of mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)   

1863  Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on February - 17.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history birth of kurt Schindler, composer   

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  Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on February - 17.   

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  On this day in history birth of otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)   

1888  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of georg Britting, writer   

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0364  Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)   

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

1596  Death of Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) on this day in history.   

1600  On February - 17 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.