Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1844

May 03 Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe) was born on this day in history.  

May 08 Hermann Gradener, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1844.  

May 20 On this day in history birth of henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream)  

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 in the year 1844.  

May 28 On this day in history birth of leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer  

May 30 Louis Varney, composer was born in the year 1844.  

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

Jun 01 John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jun 03 Emile Paladilhe, composer was born in the year 1844.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 10 On this day in history birth of j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)  

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

Jun 14 On this day in history birth of edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist  

Jun 21 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo) was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 01 On this day in history birth of verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika)  

Jul 08 Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School) was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 11 On this day in history birth of peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia  

Jul 22 William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms) was born in the year 1844.  

Jul 25 Thomas Eakins, American artist (d. 1916) was born in the year 1844.  

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

Jul 31 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist was born in the year 1844.  

Aug 06 Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900) was born in the year 1844.  

Aug 07 On this day in history birth of auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 1911)  

Aug 17 In the year 1844 birth of menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913)  

Aug 19 In the year 1844 birth of minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils)  

Aug 29 On this day in history birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)  

Aug 30 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 10 In the year 1844 birth of abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)  

Sep 11 George Clement Martin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 15 In the year 1844 joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78  

Jan 31 In the year 1844 death of henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)  

Feb 04 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86 in the year 1844.  

Feb 16 Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792) died in the year 1844.  

Feb 27 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 in the year 1844.  

Feb 28 On this day in history abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton  

Feb 29 Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.