Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1844

May 03 Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe) was born in the year 1844.  

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

May 09 In the year 1844 birth of [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)  

May 17 In the year 1844 birth of julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)  

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 On this day in history birth of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921)  

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

May 30 Louis Varney, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet was born in the year 1844.  

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

Jun 03 Garret Augustus Hobart, (R) 24th US VP (1897-99) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 06 In the year 1844 birth of konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905)  

Jun 10 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 10 Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jun 21 On this day in history birth of ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 11 In the year 1844 birth of peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia  

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 Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet (Windhover) was born on this day in history.  

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

Aug 06 In the year 1844 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 Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1844.  

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

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Jan 15 On this day in history joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78  

Jan 31 Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (b. 1773) died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 15 In the year 1844 henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86  

Feb 16 In the year 1844 death of joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1792)  

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 Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1844.