Biography of the Day

Read the story of a subject who died or was born on this day.

 

O’NEILL, JOHN  
7 Jan. 2018  

d. 7 Jan. 1878 at Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.

 
BERCZY, WILLIAM BENT  
6 Jan. 2018  

b. in London, England, 6 Jan. 1791

 
WILSON, Sir DANIEL  
5 Jan. 2018  

b. 5 Jan. 1816 in Edinburgh

 
CASHMAN, ELLEN (Nellie Pioche, Irish Nellie)  
4 Jan. 2018  

d. unmarried 4 Jan. 1925 in Victoria

 
CAMPBELL, CATHERINE ANNE, named Mother Ignatia  
3 Jan. 2018  

d. 3 Jan. 1929 in London, Ont.

 
CAPELLO, LUIGI GIOVANNI VITALE (Luigi G. Cappello, Louis J. Capello)  
2 Jan. 2018  

b. 2 Jan. 1843 in Turin (Italy)

 
FASSIO (Fascio), GEROME (Giusepee)  
1 Jan. 2018  

d. 1 Jan. 1851 in Bytown (Ottawa)

 
HOWE, CLARENCE DECATUR  
31 Dec. 2017  

d. 31 Dec. 1960 in Montreal

 
VENNOR, HENRY GEORGE  
30 Dec. 2017  

b. 30 Dec. 1840 in Montreal, Lower Canada

 
DEBLOIS, SARAH (Deblois)  
29 Dec. 2017  

b. 29 Dec. 1753 in Boston

 
NISBET, THOMAS  
28 Dec. 2017  

d. 28 Dec. 1850 in Saint John, N.B.

 
DAVIS (Davys), JOHN (d. 1605)  
27 Dec. 2017  

d. 27 Dec. 1605 off Bintang Island, East Indies