Famous Birthdays In April - 15

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

1469  On April - 15 birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

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

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

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

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

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

1646  On this day in history birth of pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)  

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  On April - 15 birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer  

1707  On this day in history birth of leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)  

1710  On April - 15 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 April - 15.  

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

1800  James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) was born on April - 15.  

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

1812  On this day in history 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 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 April - 15.  

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

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

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

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

1841  On April - 15 birth of joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)  

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

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

1502  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies  

1605  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on April - 15.  

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