Famous Birthdays In February - 17

1837  Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on this day in history.   

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

1848  On February - 17 birth of louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)   

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

1850  On February - 17 birth of anton Urspruch, composer   

1850  On February - 17 birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer   

1854  Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer was born on February - 17.   

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 February - 17.   

1858  Ernest Ford, composer was born on this day in history.   

1861  Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on February - 17.   

1862  Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1863  Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.   

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  William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury) was born on February - 17.   

1870  Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) was born on February - 17.   

1874  Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on this day in history.   

1877  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune) was born on February - 17.   

1877  On this day in history birth of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)   

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

1882  On February - 17 birth of kurt Schindler, composer   

1882  Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro) was born on this day in history.   

1884  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940) was born on February - 17.   

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

1887  On February - 17 birth of leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

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 February - 17.   

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  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots   

0956  On this day in history hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55   

1339  Death of Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301) on February - 17.   

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

1596  On this day in history death of friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)   

1600  Death of Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake on February - 17.   

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