Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1844

May 03 On this day in history birth of richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe)  

May 08 Hermann Gradener, composer was born in the year 1844.  

May 09 On this day in history birth of [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)  

May 17 Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.  

May 20 Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream) was born in the year 1844.  

May 22 Mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing) was born on this day in history.  

May 23 `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.  

May 28 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 30 On this day in history birth of louis Varney, composer  

Jun 01 Galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916 was born in the year 1844.  

Jun 01 On this day in history birth of john J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)  

Jun 03 On this day in history birth of detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet  

Jun 03 In the year 1844 birth of emile Paladilhe, composer  

Jun 03 On this day in history birth of garret Augustus Hobart, (R) 24th US VP (1897-99)  

Jun 06 Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905) was born in the year 1844.  

Jun 10 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school) was born in the year 1844.  

Jun 10 On this day in history birth of karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen)  

Jun 14 Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist was born in the year 1844.  

Jun 21 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 01 Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika) was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 08 In the year 1844 birth of mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)  

Jul 11 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 22 In the year 1844 birth of william Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms)  

Jul 25 On this day in history birth of thomas Eakins, American artist (d. 1916)  

Jul 28 In the year 1844 birth of gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet (Windhover)  

Jul 31 On this day in history birth of ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist  

Aug 06 On this day in history birth of alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)  

Aug 07 Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 1911) was born in the year 1844.  

Aug 17 On this day in history birth of menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913)  

Aug 19 Minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils) was born in the year 1844.  

Aug 29 In the year 1844 birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)  

Aug 30 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum) was born in the year 1844.  

Sep 10 Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 11 In the year 1844 birth of george Clement Martin, composer  

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Jan 15 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jan 31 On this day in history death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)  

Feb 04 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 in the year 1844.  

Feb 15 On this day in history henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86  

Feb 16 Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) died on this day in history.  

Feb 27 On this day in history nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85  

Feb 28 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton in the year 1844.  

Feb 29 In the year 1844 thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67