Famous Birthdays In April - 15

1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.  

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

1489  On this day in history birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)  

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)  

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on April - 15.  

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.  

1646  Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history birth of domenico Gabrielli, composer  

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1682  On this day in history birth of john van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)  

1684  Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on April - 15.  

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

1689  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born on this day in history.  

1707  On April - 15 birth of leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)  

1710  William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

1741  Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) was born on April - 15.  

1757  On April - 15 birth of george Knowil Jackson, composer  

1766  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on this day in history.  

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

1793  Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers was born on April - 15.  

1794  Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.  

1800  James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) was born on this day in history.  

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician was born on this day in history.  

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

1814  On April - 15 birth of john Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep)  

1820  Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on April - 15.  

1821  On April - 15 birth of emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894  

1822  On this day in history birth of napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)  

1827  Julius Tausch, composer was born on this day in history.  

1829  On April - 15 birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon  

1832  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)  

1837  On April - 15 birth of horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921  

1841  Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.  

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1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on April - 15.  

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

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on April - 15.  

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  On April - 15 jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies  

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

1607  On this day in history 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.