Famous Birthdays In April - 15

1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)  

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.  

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On April - 15 birth of pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)  

1651  Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born on April - 15.  

1682  John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) was born on this day in history.  

1684  On April - 15 birth of catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)  

1688  Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.  

1689  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer  

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

1710  On April - 15 birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)  

1741  On April - 15 birth of charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)  

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer was born on April - 15.  

1766  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on April - 15.  

1772  On April - 15 birth of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)  

1793  Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 15.  

1812  On April - 15 birth of pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter  

1814  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1827  On this day in history birth of julius Tausch, composer  

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  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex  

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

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

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62