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  On April - 15 birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)  

1552  On this day in history 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  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)  

1646  Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On April - 15 birth of domenico Gabrielli, composer  

1682  John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) was born on April - 15.  

1684  Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on April - 15.  

1688  Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.  

1689  On April - 15 birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer  

1707  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on April - 15.  

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

1772  Étienne 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  Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on April - 15.  

1800  On this day in history birth of james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)  

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician was born on April - 15.  

1812  On this day in history birth of pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter  

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 this day in history.  

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

1822  Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on April - 15.  

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  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 this day in history.