Famous Birthdays In April - 15

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

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.  

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

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

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

1646  On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)  

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

1651  Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1682  On April - 15 birth of john van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)  

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

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

1710  On this day in history birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)  

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

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

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

1772  On this day in history birth of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)  

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

1794  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1814  John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on April - 15.  

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  Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1827  On April - 15 birth of julius Tausch, composer  

1829  On this day in history birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon  

1832  On April - 15 birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)  

1837  On this day in history birth of horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921  

1841  On this day in history birth of joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)  

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1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex  

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

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

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.