Famous Birthdays In April - 15

1452  On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.  

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.  

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)  

1646  Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719) was born on April - 15.  

1651  On April - 15 birth of domenico Gabrielli, composer  

1682  John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) was born on April - 15.  

1684  Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on this day in history.  

1688  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Fasch, composer  

1689  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born on April - 15.  

1707  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on this day in history.  

1710  William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) was born on April - 15.  

1741  On this day in history birth of charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)  

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer was born on this day in history.  

1766  On this day in history birth of friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic  

1772  Ã‰tienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844) was born on April - 15.  

1793  On April - 15 birth of friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers  

1794  On April - 15 birth of jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867)  

1800  On April - 15 birth of james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)  

1809  On this day in history birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician  

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter was born on April - 15.  

1814  On this day in history birth of john Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep)  

1820  On this day in history birth of evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

1821  Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 was born on this day in history.  

1822  On April - 15 birth of napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)  

1827  Julius Tausch, composer was born on April - 15.  

1829  Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon was born on this day in history.  

1832  Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.  

1837  Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born on this day in history.  

1841  Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on April - 15.  

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1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.  

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.  

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.  

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on this day in history.