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Feb 23 1417

Pope Paul II [Pietro Barbo] Italian Pope (1464-71) born in Venice Republic of Venice (d. 1471)

Feb 23 1583

Jean-Baptiste Morin French scientist (d. 1656)

Feb 23 1615

Cornelis Galle II Flemish engraverillustrator baptised

Feb 23 1646

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Japanese shogun (d. 1709)

Feb 23 1648

Arabella Churchill English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)

Feb 23 1649

John Blow English composer composed 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized date) (d. 1708)

Feb 23 1700

Wilhelmus Schortinghuis Dutch theologist (Profound Christianity)

Feb 23 1729

Josiah Hornblower American statesman (d. 1809)

Feb 23 1744

Mayer Amschel Rothschild German Jewish banker and founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty born in Frankfurt (d. 1812)

Feb 23 1756

Joannes van der Linden Dutch lawyer and judge (Ware Pleiter) born in Zuid-Scharwoude North Holland (d. 1835)

Feb 23 1776

John Walter II chief proprietor (The Times 1812-47) born in London England

Feb 23 1787

Emma Willard American womens rights activist and educator who founded the 1st school for womens higher education in the US born in Berlin Connecticut (d. 1870)

Feb 23 1817

George Watts painter born in London England

Feb 23 1818

Jeremy F Gilmer Maj GenChief Engineer Confederate War Dept

Feb 23 1824

Herman N van der Tuuk Dutch philologist (Tobasch Grammar)

Feb 23 1824

Lewis Cass Hunt American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Brown County Wisconsin (d. 1886)

Feb 23 1831

Hendrik W Mesdag Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)

Feb 23 1834

Gustav Hermann Nachtigal German physiciancolonizerconsul in Tunis

Feb 23 1838

Gilbert Moxley Sorrel Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1901)

Feb 23 1842

Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann German philosopher (d. 1906)

Feb 23 1865

Barney Dreyfuss baseball owner (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Feb 23 1869

Nadezhda Konstantinova Krupskaya Russian revolutionary (Soc-Dem)

Feb 23 1873

Joseph Allen Sr. American actor born in Worcester Massachusetts (d. 1952)

Feb 23 1874

Konstantin Pts Estonian PM (1921-23 1932-33) dictator (1933-40)

Feb 23 1876

Wadih Sabra Lebanese composer (Kulluna lil Watan) born in Beirut (d. 1952)

Feb 23 1878

Kazimir Malevich Ukrainian painter and art theorist (d. 1935)

Feb 23 1879

Agnes Arber English biologistphilosopher (Mind & the Eye)

Feb 23 1879

Norman Lindsay Creswick Victoria artistnovelist

Feb 23 1880

Edgar Istel German composer born in Mainz (d. 1948)

Feb 23 1883

Karl Jaspers Oldenburg Germany existentialist philosopher

Feb 23 1884

Frank Cellier British actor (Quiet Wedding Big Blockade) born in Surbiton Surrey England (d. 1948)

Feb 23 1886

Ventura Garcia Calderon Peruvian diplomatauthor

Feb 23 1887

Cyril Delevanti British actor (Soylent Green The Night of the Iguana) born in London England (d. 1975)

Feb 23 1574 France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots

Feb 23 1668 Fire in the Hofburg in Vienna Emperor Leopold I rescued

Feb 23 1672 Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam

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