Biography of the Day

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

 

METCALFE, CHARLES THEOPHILUS, 1st Baron METCALFE  
30 Jan. 2015  

b. 30 Jan. 1785 in Calcutta

 
PETERS, ARTHUR  
29 Jan. 2015  

b. 29 Aug. 1854 in Charlottetown

 
NOLIN, CHARLES  
28 Jan. 2015  

d. 28 Jan. 1907 at Outarde (Goose) Lake, near Battleford, Sask.

 
CADRON, MARIE-ROSALIE, <em>dite</em> de la Nativité (Jetté)  
27 Jan. 2015  

b. 27 Jan. 1794 at Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

 
CLARKSON, THOMAS  
26 Jan. 2015  

b. Susworth, parish of Scotter, Lincolnshire, Eng., 26 Jan. 1802

 
ALLISON, CHARLES FREDERICK  
25 Jan. 2015  

b. 25 Jan. 1795 in Cornwallis, N.S.

 
ARGALL (Argoll), Sir SAMUEL  
24 Jan. 2015  

d. on or about 24 Jan. 1626

 
BRIAND, JEAN-OLIVIER  
23 Jan. 2015  

b. 23 Jan. 1715 in the parish of Plérin (dept of Côtes-du-Nord), France

 
KEEFER, SAMUEL  
22 Jan. 2015  

b. 22 Jan. 1811 at Thorold, Upper Canada

 
VÉZINA, GEORGES (baptized Joseph-Georges-Gonzague)  
21 Jan. 2015  

b. 21 Jan. 1887 in Chicoutimi, Que.

 
SHAKÓYE:WA:THAˀ (Sagoyewatha, Otetiani) (Red Jacket)  
20 Jan. 2015  

d. 20 Jan. 1830 on the Buffalo Creek Reservation (Buffalo), N.Y. 

 
COUAGNE, THÉRÈSE DE (Poulin de Francheville)  
19 Jan. 2015  

b. 19 Jan. 1697 in Montreal