Famous Birthdays In April - 15

1452  On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary  

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

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

1637  On April - 15 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 April - 15.  

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

1651  On April - 15 birth of domenico Gabrielli, composer  

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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  On April - 15 birth of johann Friedrich Fasch, composer  

1689  On April - 15 birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer  

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

1766  On April - 15 birth of friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic  

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  Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on April - 15.  

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 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  On this day in history birth of evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

1821  Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 was born on this day in history.  

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

1827  On April - 15 birth of julius Tausch, composer  

1829  Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon was born on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history 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  Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on April - 15.  

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

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.