Famous Birthdays In April - 15

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

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.  

1489  On this day in history birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)  

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  On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)  

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

1651  Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born on April - 15.  

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

1684  On this day in history 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  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on this day in history.  

1710  On this day in history birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)  

1741  On April - 15 birth of charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)  

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

1766  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on April - 15.  

1772  On this day in history birth of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)  

1793  On April - 15 birth of friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers  

1794  Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on April - 15.  

1800  James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) was born on this day in history.  

1809  On April - 15 birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician  

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 15.  

1821  Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 was born on April - 15.  

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

1827  Julius Tausch, composer was born on April - 15.  

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

1832  On April - 15 birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)  

1837  Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born on April - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.  

1605  On this day in history 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