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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Feb 11 1380

    Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini Italian humanist

    Feb 11 1466

    Elizabeth of York Queen Consort of England and wife of King Henry VII born in Westminster Palace London (d. 1503)

    Feb 11 1535

    Gregory XIV [Niccolo Sfondrati] Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)

    Feb 11 1649

    William Carstares Scottish minister (d. 1715)

    Feb 11 1657

    Bernard Fontenelle French scientistwriter (Plurality of Worlds)

    Feb 11 1764

    Marie-Joseph de Chnier French poet (Caus Gracchus) born in Constantinople Ottoman Empire (d. 1811)

    Feb 11 1774

    Hans Jrta Swedish political activist (d. 1847)

    Feb 11 1776

    Ioannis Kapodistrias Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)

    Feb 11 1783

    Jarena Lee African American travelling minister

    Feb 11 1802

    Lydia Maria Child American author journalist and abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany) born in Medford Massachusetts (d. 1880)

    Feb 11 1810

    Loisa Puget French composer born in Paris (d. 1889)

    Feb 11 1812

    Benjamin Franklin Sands Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1883)

    Feb 11 1813

    Otto Ludwig German writer and critic (d. 1865)

    Feb 11 1821

    Auguste-douard Mariette French Egyptologist (d. 1881)

    Feb 11 1829

    William Anderson Pile American politician minister and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Indianapolis Indiana (d. 1889)

    Feb 11 1833

    Melville Fuller American 8th chief justice born in Augusta Maine (d. 1910)

    Feb 11 1839

    Josiah Willard Gibbs theoretical physicistchemist

    Feb 11 1840

    Sanuel Dana Greene Lt Cmdr (Union Navy) (d. 1884)

    Feb 11 1860

    Rachilde [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery] French author (Monsieur Venus)

    Feb 11 1867

    August W Messer German philosophereducatorpsychologist

    Feb 11 1869

    Helene Kroller-Muller Dutch museum founder (d. 1939)

    Feb 11 1869

    Else Lasker-Schler German writer (d. 1945)

    Feb 11 1872

    Edward Johnston British craftsman and calligrapher - the father of modern calligraphy (d 1944)

    Feb 11 1873

    Feodor Chaliapine Russian authornovelist (Pages from My Life)

    Feb 11 1874

    Elsa Beskow [Maartman] Swedish childrens bookfairy tales author

    Feb 11 1879

    Jean Gilbert [Max Winterfeld] German composer born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1942)

    Feb 11 1883

    Paul August von Klenau Danish composerconductor (Sulamith)

    Feb 11 1887

    John van Melle South African writer (Dawid Booysen)

    Feb 11 1890

    Jan de Vries Dutch scholar of Germanic linguistics and Germanic mythology born in Amsterdam (d. 1964)

    Feb 11 1890

    David Drummond Australian politician (d. 1965)

    Feb 11 1891

    J W Hearne cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests) (d. 1965)

    Feb 11 1898

    Leo Szilard Hungarian physicistA-bomb workerpeace activist

    Feb 11 1900

    Thomas Hitchcock Jr great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924273039)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Feb 11 1543 Battle at Wayna Daga Ethiopian and Portuguese troops beat Muslim army

    Feb 11 1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses

    Feb 11 1720 Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)

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