Biography of the Day

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

 

MOUNTAIN, GEORGE JEHOSHAPHAT  
6 Jan. 2017  

d. 6 Jan. 1863 at Quebec

 
TURNBULL, AGNES MARIA  
5 Jan. 2017  

d. 5 Jan. 1907 in Neemuch, India

 
FAFARD, THÉOGÈNE  
4 Jan. 2017  

d. 4 Jan. 1890 at St Boniface, Man.

 
WHITEFORD, ISABELLA (Rogerson)  
3 Jan. 2017  

b. 3 Jan. 1835 in Fair Head, County Antrim (Northern Ireland)

 
CAPELLO, LUIGI GIOVANNI VITALE (Luigi G. Cappello, Louis J. Capello)  
2 Jan. 2017  

b. 2 Jan. 1843 in Turin (Italy)

 
OPPENHEIMER, DAVID  
1 Jan. 2017  

b. 1 Jan. 1834 in Blieskastel (Federal Republic of Germany)

 
BAKER, LORAN ELLIS  
31 Dec. 2016  

d. 31 Dec. 1899 on a train between New York and Boston

 
HERIOT, FREDERICK GEORGE  
30 Dec. 2016  

d. 30 Dec. 1843 in Drummondville, Lower Canada

 
GOULD (Gold), JOSEPH  
29 Dec. 2016  

b. 29 Dec. 1808 in Uxbridge Township, Upper Canada

 
LAVALLÉE, CALIXA (baptized Callixte)  
28 Dec. 2016  

b. 28 Dec. 1842 in Verchères, Lower Canada

 
DAVIS (Davys), JOHN (d. 1605)  
27 Dec. 2016  

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

 
VALENTINE, WILLIAM  
26 Dec. 2016  

d. 26 Dec. 1849 in Halifax