Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17

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

1844  A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) was born on February - 17.   

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  Ludwig Bonvin, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher   

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

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

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

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 this day in history birth of jozef MurgaÅ¡, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)   

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

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  On February - 17 birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)   

1879  Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club) was born on this day in history.   

1880  On February - 17 birth of alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)   

1882  Kurt Schindler, composer was born on February - 17.   

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

1884  Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940) was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 17 birth of henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)   

1888  Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943) was born on February - 17.   

1888  On this day in history birth of ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)   

1889  H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.   

1891  On February - 17 birth of georg Britting, writer   

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0364  On February - 17 flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32   

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots   

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

1339  On this day in history 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 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.