2014 Event Academics report that a pelvis bone discovered in Winchester 1999 may belong to King Alfred the Great or his son, Edward the Elder 2013 Event Joan Fontaine, a British and American actress and sister of Olivia de Havilland, dies at the age of 96; Fontaine is famous for roles in Alfred Hitchcock thrillers Suspicion and Rebecca 2013 Event Alfred Xuereb, an Honorary Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is selected by Pope Francis' to become his first private secretary 2012 Event A poll by the British Film Institute's 'Sight and Sound' magazine lists Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller 'Vertigo' as the greatest film of all time 1997 Death Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian, dies at 93 1997 Death Alfred Day Hershey, American Scientist 1997 Death Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76 1996 Death Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor, dies at 68 1996 Death Alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75 1996 Death Alfred Marks, actor (Fanny Hill, Desert Mice), dies at 75 1996 Death Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier, dies at 85 1995 Death John Alfred Scali, journalist/diplomat, dies at 77 1995 Death Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73 1995 Death Alfred Earle Birney, poet, dies at 91 1995 Death Alfred Eisenstaedt, American Photographer 1995 Death Alfred Eisenstaedt, photojournalist, dies at 96 1994 Event Nobel prize for physiology awarded to Alfred Gilman and Martin Rodbell 1994 Death Joan Harrison, English producer/Alfred Hitchcock's sect, dies at 83 1994 Death Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91 1994 Death Alfred James Broomhall, methodist Missionary, dies at 82 1993 Death Alfred Manessier, French painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 1993 Death Alfred Mosher Butts, U.S. architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93 1992 Death Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies of heart failure at 78 1989 Death Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59 1989 Death Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies 1988 Death Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85 1987 Death Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 1987 Death Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 1987 Event Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in New York City 1987 Death Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78 1986 Death John Antill, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, dies at 82 1985 Event "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," returns to NBC-TV 1984 Death Alfred A Knopf, U.S. publisher, dies at 91 1983 Event Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam 1983 Death Alfred M Gruenther, U.S. general/NATO-commander (1953-56), dies at 84 1982 Death Alfred Adam, dies at 72 1980 Death Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80 1980 Death Alfred Hitchcock, English Director 1980 Death Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at 66 1977 Death Alfred Lunt, actor (Guardsman, Sally of Sawdust), dies at 83 1976 Death Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 1974 Death Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86 1974 Birthday Alfred Shipman, CFL slot back for the BC Lions 1972 Birthday Alfred Schreuders, soccer player, RKC 1970 Death Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79 1970 Birthday Alfred Jordan, CFL cornerback for the Calgary Stampeders 1970 Death Alfred Newman, U.S. composer, dies at 69 1969 Birthday Alfred Pupunu, NFL tight end for the San Diego Chargers 1969 Birthday Patrick Alfred Bates, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 NIKE Dakota Open 1968 Birthday Alfred Williams, NFL defensive end, San Francisco 49ers, Broncos Superbowl 32 1967 Death Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78 1967 Birthday Alfred Jackson, NFL cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings 1967 Birthday Alfred Jackson, CFL receiver for the BC Lions 1967 Birthday Alfred Oglesby, NFL defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals 1966 Death Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56 1966 Death Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman 1965 Event William Alfred's "Hogan's Goat," premieres in New York City 1964 Death Alfred Blalock, American Inventor 1963 Death Alfred Whitney Griswold, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963, dies of colon cancer 1962 Death Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 1960 Death Alfred Hill, composer, dies at 89 1960 Death Alfred E Green, director (Copacabana), dies after long illness at 71 1960 Death Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73 1959 Death Alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82 1959 Death Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60 1959 Death Alfred Alessandrescu, composer, dies at 65 1958 Death Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77 1958 Death Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89 1957 Death Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 1956 Death Alfred C Kinsey, U.S. sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies 1956 Death Alfred Kinsey, American Scientist 1956 Death Alfred C Kinsey, U.S. zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62 1955 Event "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premieres 1955 Death Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 1954 Death Alfred Gradstein, composer, dies at 49 1953 Birthday Alfred Molina, London, actor, Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears 1952 Death Alfred Neumann, German writer, dies at 56 1952 Death Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85 1952 Death Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71 1951 Death Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate, dies 1951 Event Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed 1948 Death Alfred Kerr, nickname, Culture Pope, writer, essayist, wrote, 'Die Harfe', dies at 80 1948 Death Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78 1948 Birthday Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom 1968 Olympics bronze 1948 Death Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81 1948 Birthday Peter Mond, born in England, 4th Baron Melchett, Lord Melchett, heir to Sir Alfred Mond's fortune, Labor Party whip, researched cannabis addition, Greenpeace activist 1947 Death Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician 1946 Death Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged 1946 Death Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged 1946 Death Alfred Jodl, German Soldier 1946 Birthday Alfred Jones, born in Grace, Mississippi, middleweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze 1946 Death Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82 1945 Birthday Alfred Antony Francis Gell, social anthropologist 1945 Death Alfred Douglas, English Poet 1944 Death Alfred Emanuel Smith, American Politician 1943 Death Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies 1943 Birthday Alfred Whitford Lerdahl, composer 1942 Death Alfred Mombert, writer, dies 1942 Death Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81 1940 Death Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman 1939 Death Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies 1937 Death Alfred Abel, actor (Dr. Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57 1937 Death Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67 1936 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon 1935 Death Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies 1935 Death Alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies 1934 Birthday Alfred Schnittke, Russia, composer, St. Florian 1934 Birthday Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner, son of O C, Test 0-140 1934 Death Alfred Bruneau, composer, dies at 77 1933 Death Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47 1932 Birthday Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1931 Birthday Frederick Alfred Fox, composer 1931 Birthday Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist 1930 Birthday Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player 1929 Birthday Alfred Moisiu, Statesman 1929 Birthday Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1953-56 1928 Event Herbert Hoover (R) beats Alfred E. Smith (D) for president 1928 Death Klabund, Alfred Henschke, German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37 1928 Event Alfred E. Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention 1928 Birthday Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor 1928 Event Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released 1928 Birthday Alfred Morris, British MP 1927 Birthday Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor, La Scala 1927 Event Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA 1926 Birthday Alfred Koerppen, composer 1926 Birthday Alfred "Fred" Benavente, director/actor, Farce Majeur 1926 Birthday Alfred Slote, author, Love and Tennis, Omega Station 1925 Death Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59 1925 Birthday Alfred B Nzo, South African Secretary-General ANC, 1969- 1925 Death Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71 1925 Death Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52 1923 Birthday Alfred Heineken, beer brewer, Heineken 1922 Death Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies 1922 Birthday Donald Alfred Davie, poet and critic 1922 Death Alfred Espinas, French sociologist (Societes Animales), dies at 77 1921 Death Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies 1921 Death Alfred Fried, Austrian Activist 1921 Birthday Alfred Marks, actor/comedian, Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again 1921 Birthday Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1920 Birthday Alfred William Bedford, test pilot 1920 Birthday Louis Alfred Mennini, composer 1920 Birthday Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist 1920 Birthday Alfred Grant Goodman, composer 1919 Death Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies 1919 Birthday John Michael Hayes, born in Massachusetts, screenwriter, scripted several famous Alfred Hitchcock films 1918 Birthday John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent, ABC 1918 Birthday Alfred Burke, born in London, England, actor, Backfire 1916 Birthday James Alfred Wight Herriot, veterinarian/novelist 1916 Death Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanist, dies at 75 1915 Birthday Alfred Kazin, U.S. writer/literature critic, Inmost Leaf 1915 Death Alfred G Vanderbilt, U.S. millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania 1915 Death Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S. Lusitania officer, dies 1914 Birthday Alfred Drake, Capurro, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and actor, Kiss Me Kate 1914 Birthday Alfred Andersch, German writer, Red Head 1913 Birthday Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight 1913 Death Alfred R Wallace, British zoologist (Is Mars habitable?), dies 1913 Death Alfred Russel Wallace, British Scientist 1913 Death Alfred Gaul, composer, dies at 76 1913 Death Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian General-Field Marshal, dies at 79 1912 Death Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60 1912 Birthday Alfred G Vanderbilt, thoroughbred horse owner, Native Dancer 1912 Birthday Alfred Schwarzmann, born in Germany, gymnast, Olympic-2 golds-1936 1911 Birthday Alfred James Broomhall, Methodist missionary 1911 Birthday Alfred Manessier, French painter, leaded windows 1911 Death Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies 1911 Death Alfred Binet, French Psychologist 1911 Birthday Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S., 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania 1911 Birthday Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier 1910 Birthday Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician 1910 Birthday Alfred Mendelsohn, composer 1909 Birthday Al Capp, Alfred Gerald Caplin, New Haven, Connecticut, cartoonist, Li'l Abner 1909 Birthday Alfred Uhl, born in Austria, composer, professor, studied at Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt, vibrant style combined neo-classicism, atonality, serialism, works include concerto for clarinet and orchestra 1908 Birthday Alfred Day Hershey, American Scientist 1907 Death Alfred Jarry, writer, dies at 33 1907 Death Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65 1907 Death Alfred Reisenauer, composer, dies at 43 1907 Birthday Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer 1906 Birthday Alfred Whitney Griswold, born in Morristown, New Jersey, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963 1906 Death Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies 1906 Event Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France 1906 Death Alfred Gilpin Jones, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia 1900 - 1906, dies at 81 1904 Birthday Alfred Gradstein, composer 1904 Birthday Alfred Earle Birney, poet 1904 Birthday John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree 1904 Death Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71 1903 Birthday Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian 1903 Event Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier 1903 Birthday Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer 1903 Birthday Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur 1902 Birthday Alfred Tarski, Warsaw, mathematician/logician 1901 Birthday Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter, 17 splits 1900 Birthday Alfred Newman, born in New Haven, composer, Love is a Many Splendored Thing 1899 Event French Captain Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds 1899 Birthday Alfred Hitchcock, born in London, director, Psycho, Birds, Rear Window 1899 Birthday Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian, Spanish Diary 1899 Event Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted 1899 Birthday Alfred Moser Butts, game inventor, Scrabble 1899 Birthday Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher 1899 Birthday Alfred Blalock, American Inventor 1899 Birthday Alfred M. Gruenther, U.S., commanding general of NATO, 1953-56 1899 Death Alfred Sisley, painter, dies 1898 Birthday Alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist 1898 Birthday Alfred Sauvy, French statistician, Affluence and Population 1898 Birthday Alfred Wallenstein, born in Chicago, Illinois, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1922 - 1929 1898 Event In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus 1898 Birthday Alfred Schlappi, born in Switzerland, 4 man bobsled, Gold Medal 1924 Olympics 1896 Event Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi," premieres in Paris 1896 Death Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 1895 Event Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize 1895 Birthday Alfred Neumann, German playwright, Devil 1895 Death Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter, dies at 57 1895 Birthday Alfred Kurella, writer 1895 Event French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent 1894 Event French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) 1894 Event Captain Alfred Dreyfus arrested accused of espionage 1894 Birthday Alfred Kinsey, entomologist/sexologist, Kinsey Report 1893 Birthday Alfred Alessandrescu, composer 1893 Birthday Alfred Lunt, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Broadway actor, Emmy 1965 1893 Event Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) 1892 Death Alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83 1892 Death Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet 1892 Birthday Alfred A Knopf, U.S., publisher, 1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal 1891 Death Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 1891 Birthday Alfred Plane, U.S. sharp shooter, Gold Medal 1912, 1920 Olympics 1890 Birthday Klabund, Alfred Henschke, German writer, Bracke, Borgia 1890 Birthday Alfred Julius Swan, composer 1890 Birthday Alfred Jodl, German Soldier 1890 Birthday Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff 1889 Birthday Alfred E. Green, born in Perris, California, director, Copacabana, Jolson Story 1889 Birthday Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor 1889 Death Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies 1887 Birthday Alfred M Landon, R-Ks, President candidate, 1932, 1936 1887 Birthday Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer 1887 Birthday Alfred Henry Ackley, composer 1885 Birthday Alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician 1885 Death Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63 1885 Birthday Alfred Fuller, CEO, Fuller Brush Man 1884 Birthday Alfred Sendrey, composer 1883 Birthday Alfred Korzybski, born in Poland, scientist, Science and Sanity 1883 Event Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism 1883 Birthday Alfred Wikenhauser, German RC exegetist, John-Apokalyps 1882 Death Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer, dies at 44 1881 Birthday Alfred R Radcliffe-Browne, British anthropologist, Andaman Islanders 1880 Birthday Alfred Einstein, German/U.S. musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein 1880 Birthday Alfred L Wegener, German meteorologist, continental shift 1880 Birthday Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist, Loom of Years, Highwayman 1879 Birthday Alfred Korzybski, Polish Scientist 1878 Birthday Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm 1878 Birthday Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer, Black Dogs and Other Stories 1877 Birthday Alfred Cortot, French pianist 1877 Birthday Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord, Jutland, WW II 1877 Birthday Alfred Kubin, writer 1876 Birthday Alfred L. Kroeber, Hoboken, New Jersey, author, Anthropologist looks at History 1876 Death Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38 1875 Birthday Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer, Yes and No! 1875 Birthday Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman 1873 Birthday Alfred E. Smith, American Politician 1873 Birthday Alfred Jarry, French Writer 1872 Birthday Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer 1870 Birthday Alfred Hill, composer 1870 Birthday Lord Alfred Douglas, British 1870 Birthday Alfred Douglas, English Poet 1870 Birthday Alfred Kastner, composer 1870 Birthday Alfred Adler, born in Austria, psychiatrist, Inferiority Complex 1869 Birthday Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor, Rotterdam 1906 - 1922, Dir, League of Nations 1868 Birthday Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist 1867 Birthday Alfred Kerr, born in Breslau, Silesia, nickname, Culture Pope, writer, essayist, wrote, 'Die Harfe' 1867 Event Alfred Nobel patents dynamite 1866 Birthday Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel 1913 1866 Birthday Georg Alfred Schumann, composer 1866 Birthday Alfred Holy, composer 1866 Birthday Erik Alfred Satie, Honfleur France, composer, Memoirs d'un Ambesique 1865 Birthday Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe 1865 Birthday Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate 1865 Death Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 1864 Birthday Alfred Hermann Fried, Germany, pacifist, Nobel 1911 1864 Birthday Alfred Fried, Austrian Activist 1864 Birthday Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer, Camera Work 1863 Birthday Alfred Reisenauer, composer 1863 Death Alfred Victor Comte de Vigny, poet, dies 1863 Death Alfred de Vigny, French Poet 1861 Birthday Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician/philosopher, Adv of Ideas 1860 Birthday Alfred Coville, French historian, Lesson etats de Normandie 1859 Birthday Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer, Dreyfus Affair 1859 Birthday Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet, A Buried Life 1857 Birthday Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator 1857 Birthday Alfred Binet, French child psychologist 1857 Death LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies 1857 Death Alfred de Musset, French Writer 1857 Birthday Alfred Bruneau, composer 1857 Birthday Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman 1856 Birthday David Alfred Thomas, born in Glamorganshire, England, 1st Viscount Rhondda 1854 Birthday Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith 1854 Birthday Alfred Milner, born in Giessen, Germany, British governor, Cape colony 1852 Birthday Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister 1851 Event Alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris 1848 Death Alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45 1848 Event Alfred de Musset's "Andre del Sarto," premieres in Paris 1847 Event Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris 1844 Birthday Alfred Cellier, composer 1842 Birthday Alfred Shaw, cricketer, pioneering England Test bowler 1842 Birthday Alfred Marshall, London, economist 1842 Birthday Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician 1841 Birthday Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus 1841 Birthday Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist 1840 Birthday Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S., naval officer, Influence of Sea Power 1839 Birthday Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter 1838 Birthday Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer 1838 Birthday Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter 1837 Birthday Alfred Holmes, composer 1837 Birthday Alfred Gaul, composer 1835 Birthday Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England, Garden 1835 Birthday Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite and Peace Prizes 1833 Birthday Alfred Nobel, Swedish Scientist 1833 Birthday Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Major General Union Army 1833 Birthday Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-Field Marshal 1832 Birthday Thomas Alfred Smyth, Major General Union volunteers 1832 Birthday Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian Field Marshal 1832 Birthday Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist 1829 Birthday Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 Birthday Alfred Iverson, Jr., Brigadier General Confederate Army 1829 Birthday Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday Alfred Moore Scales, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1827 Birthday Alfred Howe Terry, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, 1900 - 1906 1824 Birthday Alfred Pleasonton, Major General Union volunteers 1824 Birthday Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1823 Birthday Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter 1823 Birthday Alfred Gibbs, Major General Union Army 1823 Birthday Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer, evolution 1822 Birthday Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer 1821 Birthday Alfred Sully, Major General Union volunteers 1820 Birthday Alfred Washington Ellet, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1816 Birthday Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General Confederate Army 1812 Birthday Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant 1810 Birthday Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer, Un Caprice, Bettine 1809 Birthday Thomas Alfred Davies, Major General Union volunteers 1809 Birthday Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England 1807 Birthday George Alfred Trenholm, Secretary Treasury, Confederacy 1807 Birthday Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1803 Birthday Alfred Julius Becher, composer 1797 Birthday Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer, Moise, Chatterton 1797 Birthday Alfred de Vigny, French Poet 1778 Death Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 1775 Event 1st official U.S. flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) 1710 Birthday Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer, Alfred, Rule Britannia 900 Death Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies 899 Death Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies 871 Death Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies
