Famous Birthdays In April - 15

1452  On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary  

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

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

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

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

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 April - 15.  

1689  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born on April - 15.  

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

1757  On this day in history birth of george Knowil Jackson, composer  

1766  On this day in history birth of friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic  

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 April - 15.  

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

1814  John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on this day in history.  

1820  On April - 15 birth of evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

1821  On this day in history 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  Julius Tausch, composer was born on April - 15.  

1829  On April - 15 birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon  

1832  Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908) was born on April - 15.  

1837  Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born on this day in history.  

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  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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