Famous Birthdays In 1857

Jan 02 Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston) was born in the year 1857.  

Jan 02 Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president (Bryn Mawr College) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 In the year 1857 birth of hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)  

Jan 06 William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09 In the year 1857 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 In the year 1857 birth of eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)  

Jan 17 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 23 In the year 1857 birth of andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)  

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875)  

Jan 31 On this day in history birth of george Jackson Churchward, Great Western Railway Chief mechanical engineer. (d. 1933)  

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 On this day in history birth of bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)  

Feb 17 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 18 On this day in history birth of max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor  

Feb 21 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907) was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 22 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves was born in the year 1857.  

Feb 22 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 26 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion) was born in the year 1857.  

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 In the year 1857 birth of julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)  

Mar 08 In the year 1857 birth of ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza)  

Mar 16 Charles Harding Firth, British historian (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 22 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse) was born in the year 1857.  

Mar 22 In the year 1857 birth of paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32)  

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

Mar 27 In the year 1857 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 In the year 1857 birth of alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)  

Apr 10 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker was born in the year 1857.  

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

Jan 27 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 07 On this day in history 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 in the year 1857.  

Feb 10 David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 15 Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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