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Famous Birthdays In February - 15

Sunday, 19 May 2013

1368 On this day in history birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)

1458 On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)

1471 Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.

1483 Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.

1497 On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant

1519 On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)

1524 On this day in history birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims

1557 Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.

1564 Galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist was born on this day in history.

1571 Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music) was born on this day in history.

1620 Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist was born on this day in history.

1650 On this day in history birth of anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France (hugenot)

1660 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans was born on this day in history.

1666 On this day in history birth of antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)

1705 On this day in history birth of charles A Vanloo, French painter

1707 Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist was born on this day in history.

1710 Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74) was born on this day in history.

1725 On this day in history birth of abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)

1726 Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence was born on this day in history.

1739 Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.

1740 On this day in history birth of ernst Eichner, composer

1748 Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian) was born on this day in history.

1759 On this day in history birth of friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)

1760 Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer was born on this day in history.

1764 On this day in history birth of jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)

1766 On this day in history birth of thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer

1768 Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer was born on this day in history.

1774 On this day in history birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange

1780 Carel Asser, Dutch jurist was born on this day in history.

1783 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer was born on this day in history.

1785 On this day in history birth of claude Louis Marie Navier

1789 On this day in history birth of friedrich Fesca, composer

1795 On this day in history birth of charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)

1797 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born on this day in history.

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Famous People Died On This Day In History

1043 Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.

1145 On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies

1152 On this day in history konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58

1503 Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on this day in history.

1568 Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on this day in history.

1580 Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.

1597 On this day in history pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66

1600 Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.