Famous Birthdays In 1857

Jan 02 In the year 1857 birth of frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)  

Jan 02 In the year 1857 birth of martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)  

Jan 06 In the year 1857 birth of william E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)  

Jan 17 Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 17 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)  

Jan 23 Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 26 In the year 1857 birth of the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)  

Jan 31 George Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933) was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 02 On this day in history birth of jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector  

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education  

Feb 12 In the year 1857 birth of bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)  

Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.  

Feb 18 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 In the year 1857 birth of heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves  

Feb 22 In the year 1857 birth of robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)  

Feb 26 In the year 1857 birth of emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)  

Feb 28 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 03 On this day in history birth of alfred Bruneau, composer  

Mar 07 Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927) was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 08 Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936)  

Mar 22 In the year 1857 birth of arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)  

Mar 22 Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 23 Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 27 On this day in history birth of karl Pearson, London England, mathematician  

Mar 27 In the year 1857 birth of pearson, mathematician  

Mar 30 Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 05 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 10 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 20 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 in the year 1857.  

Jan 27 In the year 1857 dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72  

Feb 07 In the year 1857 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

Feb 09 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10 In the year 1857 death of david Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)  

Feb 14 On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56  

Feb 15 On this day in history mikhail Glinka, composer, dies  

Feb 16 On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77