Famous Birthdays In April - 15

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

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

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

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

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

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on April - 15.  

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

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

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

1684  Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on this day in history.  

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

1741  On this day in history birth of charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)  

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

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

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

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

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 April - 15 birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician  

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

1814  On April - 15 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 April - 15.  

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

1827  On April - 15 birth of julius Tausch, composer  

1829  On April - 15 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 this day in history 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  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.  

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on April - 15.  

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

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

1607  On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62