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Events before 1922 which have relevance to Walt Disney, Walt Disney Productions, or The Walt Disney Company.

15th century

January 6, 1412 - Joan of Arc is born.
May 30, 1431 - Joan of Arc dies.
October 31, 1451 - Christopher Columbus is born.
April 15, 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci is born.

16th century

May 20, 1506 - Christopher Columbus dies.
May 2, 1519 - Leonardo da Vinci dies.
April 26, 1564 - William Shakespeare is baptized (actual birth date unknown).
Date unknown, 1596 - Pocahontas is born.

17th century

April 23, 1616 - William Shakespeare dies.
March 21, 1617 - Pocahontas dies.

1706

January 17 - Benjamin Franklin is born.

1732

February 22 - George Washington is born.

1743

April 13 - Thomas Jefferson is born.

1756

January 27 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born.

1769

August 15 - Napoleon Bonaparte is born.

1780

September 25 - Jean Lafitte is born.

1785

January 4 - Jacob Grimm is born.

1786

February 24 - Wilhelm Grimm is born.
August 17 - Davy Crockett is born.

1790

April 17 - Benjamin Franklin dies.

1791

December 5 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies.

1799

December 14 - George Washington dies.

1802

July 24 - Alexandre Dumas is born.

1805

April 2 - Hans Christian Andersen is born.

1809

January 19 - Edgar Allan Poe is born.
February 12 - Abraham Lincoln is born.

1820

May 12 - Florence Nightingale is born.

1821

May 5 - Napoleon Bonaparte dies.

1823

February 5 - Jean Lafitte dies.

1826

July 4 - Thomas Jefferson dies.

1828

February 9 - Jules Verne is born.

1835

November 30 - Mark Twain is born.

1836

March 6 - Davy Crockett dies.

1847

February 11 - Thomas Edison is born.

1849

October 7 - Edgar Allan Poe dies.

1858

October 27 - Theodore Roosevelt is born.

1859

May 22 - Arthur Conan Doyle is born.
December 16 - Wilhelm Grimm dies.

1863

September 20 - Jacob Grimm dies.

1865

April 15 - Abraham Lincoln dies.
December 29 - Otis Harlan is born.

1866

September 21 - H.G. Wells is born.

1867

April 16 - Wilbur Wright is born.

1868

April 22 - Flora Disney is born.

1870

December 5 - Alexandre Dumas dies.

1871

August 19 - Orville Wright is born.

1872

November 7 - Lucille La Verne is born.

1874

March 24 - Harry Houdini is born.

1875

August 4 - Hans Christian Andersen dies.
September 1 - Edgar Rice Burroughs is born.

1877

July 27 - Florence Gill is born.

1878

May 2 - Roy Atwell is born.
May 16 - Taylor Holmes is born.

1879

March 14 - Albert Einstein is born.

1880

September 14 - Earl Hurd is born.
October 19 - Scotty Mattraw is born.

1881

August 28 - Ferdinand Hovarth is born.

1882

April 18 - Leopold Stokowski is born.
August 17 - Charles Judels is born.

1883

January 30 - Eddie Collins is born.
May 11 - Albert Hurter is born.

1884

June 23 - Charlotte Clark is born.

1885

December 22 - Deems Taylor is born.

1886

November 9 - Ed Wynn is born.

1887

August 5 - Reginald Owen is born.
August 6 - Oliver Wallace is born.

1888

September 12 - Maurice Chevalier is born.

1889

1890

1892

1893

June 24 - Roy O. Disney is born.

1894

1895

April 22 - Margaret J. Winkler is born.
June 14 - Cliff Edwards is born.
November 4
- Jack King is born.
- Ben Sharpsteen is born.
November 24 - Dessie Flynn is born.

1896

May 3 - Dodie Smith is born.
November 3 - Gustaf Tenggren is born.

1897

March 7 - Cy Young is born.

1898

January 2 - Dick Huemer is born.
April 2 - Earl Duvall is born.
May 11 - C.O. Slyfield is born.
June 18 - Dink Trout is born.
July 4 - Johnny Lee is born.

1899

1900

Walt Disney as a baby.

January 23 - David Hand is born.
February 6 - Ted Osborne is born.
February 17 - Ruth Clifford is born.
March 13 - Ted Sears is born.
September 1 - Don Wilson is born.
October 9 - Alastair Sim is born.
October 10 - Helen Hayes is born.
October 15 - Fritz Feld is born.

1901

1902

1903

February 16 - Edgar Bergen is born.
May 3 - Bing Crosby is born.
May 29 - Bob Hope is born.
August 7 - Rudolf Ising is born.
August 31 - Hugh Harman is born.
October 16 - Hamilton Luske is born.
November 7 - Ary Barroso is born.
December 10 - Una Merkel is born.

1904

January 10 - Ray Bolger is born.
February 11 - José Oliveira is born.
February 16 - James Baskett is born.
March 15 - J. Pat O'Malley is born.
May 1 - Fred Spencer is born.
May 6 - Raymond Bailey is born.
June 14 - Gil Lamb is born.
June 24 - Phil Harris is born.
September 15 - Tom Conway is born.
September 17 - Jerry Colonna is born.
September 19 - Elvia Allman is born.
October 25 - Vladimir "Bill" Tytla is born.
December 7 - Clarence Nash is born.

1905

January 4 - Sterling Holloway is born.
January 15 - Allie Wrubel is born.
January 17 - Erdman Penner is born.
January 26 - Charles Lane is born.
February 18 - Queenie Leonard is born.
March 24 - Jules Verne dies.
March 26 - Larry Morey is born.
March 31 - Robert Stevenson is born.
May 5 - Floyd Gottfredson is born.
June 1 - Robert Newton is born.
August 29 - Al Taliaferro is born.
September 3 - Eric Larson is born.
October 7 - Andy Devine is born.
November 19 - Eleanor Audley is born.
December 7 - Leonard H. Goldenson is born.

1906

January 24 - Wilfred Jackson is born.
February 6 - Guido Martina is born.
February 17 - Otto Englander is born.
March 3 - Donald Novis is born.
May 19 - Jimmy MacDonald is born.
July 3 - George Sanders is born.
August 21 - Friz Freleng is born.
September 2 - Barbara Jo Allen is born.
September 29 - Charles Wolcott is born.
October 30 - Paul Smith is born.
November 13 - Hermione Baddeley is born.
November 19 - William Cottrell is born.
November 25 - Larry Clemmons is born.
November 29 - Luis van Rooten is born.

1907

February 15 - Cesar Romero is born.
March 5 - Thomas McKimson is born.
March 26 - Leigh Harline is born.
June 6 - Edward H. Plumb is born.
June 15 - James Robertson Justice is born.
June 16 - Jack Albertson is born.
June 27 - John McIntire is born.
July 30 - Roy Williams is born.
August 14 - Dick Lundy is born.
September 15 - Jack Bailey is born.
October 8 - Art Babbitt is born.
November 16 - Burgess Meredith is born.
November 17 - Les Clark is born.
December 25 - Andrew Cruickshank is born.

1908

January 7 - Eliot Daniel is born.
January 19 - Jack Cutting is born.
February 13 - Patrick Barr is born.
February 22 - John Mills is born.
April 2 - Buddy Ebsen is born.
April 5 - Bette Davis is born.
May 15 - Joe Grant is born.
May 17 - Ralph Wright is born.
May 25 - Barbara Luddy is born.
May 30 - Mel Blanc is born.
May 31 - Don Ameche is born.
June 7 - Ken O'Connor is born.
June 29 - John Hench is born.
July 23 - Karl Swenson is born.
August 30 - Fred MacMurray is born.
September 30 - Judge Whitaker is born.
October 24 - Preston Blair is born.
November 12 - Shamus Culhane is born.

1909

February 9 - Heather Angel is born.
March 16 - Don Raye is born.
March 17 - Ken Anderson is born.
March 22 - Milt Kahl is born.
March 25 - Jerry Livingston is born.
March 29 - Jack Kinney is born.
May 13 - Ken Darby is born.
May 15 - James Mason is born.
June 7 - Jessica Tandy is born.
June 14 - Burl Ives is born.
June 26 - Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman is born.
September 11 - Anne Seymour is born.
October 31 - Thelma Boardman is born.
December 20 - Amby Paliwoda is born.

1910

February 7 - Judd Conlon is born.
March 1 - David Niven is born.
March 15 - Nick Stewart is born.
March 28 - Jimmie Dodd is born.
April 5 - Richard Irvine is born.
April 21 - Mark Twain dies.
June 13 - Mary Wickes is born.
June 28 - Herbert Ryman is born.
July 3 - Marcellite Garner is born.
July 26 - Kenneth Muse is born.
August 13 - Florence Nightingale dies.
August 16 - Gloria Blondell is born.
September 3 - Yale Gracey is born.
September 11 - John Sutherland is born.
September 15 - Charles A. Nichols is born.
October 8 - Winston Hibler is born.
October 13 - Robert McKimson is born.
October 25 - Tyrus Wong is born.
December 7 - Louis Prima is born.
December 14 - George Nicholas is born.
December 21 - Marvin Davis is born.

1911

January 28 - Basil Davidovich is born.
February 6 - Ronald Reagan is born.
March 5 - Bob Karp is born.
March 9 - John Lounsbery is born.
March 18 - William Lava is born.
March 26 - T. Hee is born.
April 2 - Bill Days is born.
May 1 - Maurice Noble is born.
May 27 - Vincent Price is born.
July 6 - LaVerne Sophia Andrews is born.
July 14 - Terry-Thomas is born.
July 16 - Ginger Rogers is born.
July 18 - Bernard Wolf is born.
September 7 - Fred Moore is born.
September 20 - Frank De Vol is born.
September 29 - Don DaGradi is born.
October 1
- Lee Blair is born.
- Irwin Kostal is born.
October 8 - Cotton Warburton is born.
October 11 - Michael Hordern is born.
October 12 - Bill Anderson is born.
October 14 - Thor Putnam is born.
October 21 - Mary Blair is born.
November 10 - Marjorie Ralston is born.
November 21 - Andy Engman is born.
November 25 - Paul Murry is born.
December 30 - Jeanette Nolan is born.

1912

March 23 - Jeff York is born.
April 7
- Frank V. Phillips is born.
- Jack Lawrence is born.
May 29 - Iris Adrian is born.
May 30 - Wilbur Wright dies.
June 11 - James Algar is born.
July 5 - Mack David is born.
July 15 - Al Bertino is born.
August 23
- Ed Benedict is born.
- Gene Kelly is born.
September 5
- Frank Thomas is born.
- Ray Gilbert is born.
September 13 - Reta Shaw is born.
September 21 - Chuck Jones is born.
October 5 - Riley Thomson is born.
October 31 - Ollie Johnston is born.
November 11 - Grant Simmons is born.
November 23 - George O'Hanlon is born.

1913

January 5 - Jack Hannah is born.
January 9 - Richard Nixon is born.
January 17 - Claude Coats is born.
February 19 - Frank Tashlin is born.
February 25 - Jim Backus is born.
March 3 - Manuel Gonzales is born.
March 12 - Loulie Jean Norman is born.
March 22 - James Westerfield is born.
March 30 - Marc Davis is born.
May 5 - Hal King is born.
May 8 - Bob Clampett is born.
May 11 - Salvador Camarata is born.
May 24 - Peter Ellenshaw is born.
May 26 - Peter Cushing is born.
June 13 - Sammy Cahn is born.
June 15 - Tom Adair is born.
July 8 - Bill Thompson is born.
July 18 - Marvin Miller is born.
July 31 - Eda Reiss Merin is born.
August 1 - Hal Ambro is born.
August 10 - Noah Beery, Jr. is born.
August 25 - Walt Kelly is born.
September 30 - Bill Walsh is born.
October 28
- Douglas Seale is born.
- Don Lusk is born.
November 2 - Burt Lancaster is born.
December 25 - Candy Candido is born.

1914

1915

January 21
- Alan Hewitt is born.
- Ray Erlenborn is born.
January 29 - Bill Peet is born.
February 1 - The Fox Film Corporation is founded, which would later merge with 20th Century Pictures in 1935 to form 20th Century Fox.
April 10 - Harry Morgan is born.
May 5 - Ben Wright is born.
May 6 - Orson Welles is born.
May 12 - Tony Strobl is born.
May 26 - Sam Edwards is born.
June 19 - Pat Buttram is born.
November 14 - Martha Tilton is born.
November 23 - John Dehner is born.
December 7 - Eli Wallach is born.
December 19 - Ken O'Brien is born.

1916

January 3 - Maxene Angelyn Andrews is born.
January 9 - Card Walker is born.
February 14 - Edward Platt is born.
February 23 - Retta Scott is born.
February 29 - Dinah Shore is born.
March 19 - Eric Christmas is born.
March 31 - Lucille Bliss is born.
April 2 - Don Duckwall is born.
April 26 - Eyvind Earle is born.
May 6 - Adriana Caselotti is born.
May 21 - Dennis Day is born.
June 14 - Dorothy McGuire is born.
June 17 - Terry Gilkyson is born.
July 27 - Keenan Wynn is born.
August 2 - Bill Keil is born.
August 21 - Bill Lee is born.
August 24 - Hal Smith is born.
September 13 - Roald Dahl is born.
September 25 - Jack Boyd is born.
November 4 - Walter Cronkite is born.
November 12 - Liam Dunn is born.
November 16 - Daws Butler is born.
November 23 - Michael Gough is born.
December 6 - Judson Pratt is born.
December 9 - Kirk Douglas is born.
December 15 - Dick Kinney is born.

1917

January 5 - Jane Wyman is born.
January 24 - Ernest Borgnine is born.
April 15 - Hans Conried is born.
May 7 - David Tomlinson is born.
June 30 - Lena Horne is born.
July 17 - Phyllis Diller is born.
July 22 - Lois Hardwick is born.
August 5 - Don Chaffey is born.
August 28 - Jack Kirby is born.
September 11
- Herbert Lom is born.
- Bill Berg is born.
September 18 - June Foray is born.
December 22 - Frankie Darro is born.

1918

January 4 - Buddy Baker is born.
January 26 - Vito Scotti is born.
January 28 - Bob Hilliard is born.
January 29 - John Forsythe is born.
February 3 - Don Griffith is born.
February 11 - Blaine Gibson is born.
February 16 - Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews is born.
March 2 - Michael Rye is born.
March 12 - Alan Dinehart is born.
April 5 - Faz Fazakas is born.
April 17 - Anne Shirley is born
May 25 - Henry Calvin is born.
July 6 - Sebastian Cabot is born.
September 15 - Nipsey Russell is born.
September 20 - Dale Barnhart is born.
October 19 - Bob Sweeney is born.
November 11 - Stubby Kaye is born.
November 30 - Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. is born.
December 31 - Virginia Davis is born.

1919

January 6 - Theodore Roosevelt dies.
February 4 - Janet Waldo is born.
February 5 - Red Buttons is born.
February 11 - Eva Gabor is born.
February 17 - Kathleen Freeman is born.
February 20 - Dick Wesson is born.
February 25 - John W. Dunn is born.
June 11 - Richard Todd is born.
June 17 - Gene de Paul is born.
June 21- Margie Gay is born
June 29 - Slim Pickens is born.
July 14 - Walt Stanchfield is born.
July 19 - Dallas McKennon is born.
July 27 - David Swift is born.
September 2 - Marge Champion is born.
September 4
- Howard Morris is born.
- Xavier Atencio is born.
November 19 - Alan Young is born.
November 25 - Norman Tokar is born.
December 14 - Dale Oliver is born.
December 17 - Ted Berman is born.

1920

January 3 - Eric Cleworth is born.
February 22 - Pete Alvarado is born.
March 16 - Leo McKern is born.
May 22 - Else Blangsted is born.
May 26 - Peggy Lee is born.
June 13 - Rex Everhart is born.
June 22 - Paul Frees is born.
June 29 - Ray Harryhausen is born.
August 2 - Bill Scott is born.
August 17 - Maureen O'Hara is born.
August 22 - Ray Bradbury is born.
September 13 - Wally Boag is born.
September 18 - Jack Warden is born.
September 23 - Mickey Rooney is born.
November 25 - Ricardo Montalbán is born.
December 31 - Rex Allen is born.

1921

April 16 - Peter Ustinov is born.
May 14 - Richard Deacon is born.
July 29 - Richard Egan is born.
August 28 - Nancy Kulp is born.
October 20 - Bob Gregory is born.
November 1 - Retta Davidson is born.
November 14 - Brian Keith is born.
November 15 - Joaquin Garay is born.
November 22
- Rodney Dangerfield is born.
- Newman Laugh-O-Grams are released.
December 21 - Steve Allen is born.

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