What Happened In February 1857 In History

Famous Birthdays on February in 1857

• 3rd » Giuseppe Moretti, Italian sculptor, designed the Vulcan statue (d. 1935)
• 12th » Eugène Atget, French photographer (d. 1927)
• 12th » Bobby Peel, English cricketer (d. 1943)
• 22nd » Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general and co-founded The Scout Association (d. 1941)
• 22nd » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (d. 1894)
• 25th » Robert Bond, Canadian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Newfoundland (d. 1927)
• 26th » Émile Coué, French psychologist (d. 1926)

Famous Deaths for February 1857

• 9th » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet (b. 1798)
• 10th » David Thompson (explorer) called David Thompson, English-Canadian explorer (b. 1770)
• 15th » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
• 28th » André Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)

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