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 this day in history.   

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.   

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  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on April - 15.   

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

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   

1682  John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) was born on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history birth of catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)   

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

1689  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer   

1707  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on this day in history.   

1710  William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

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  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1794  Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.   

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

1809  On this day in history birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician   

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter was born on April - 15.   

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

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 April - 15.   

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

1827  Julius Tausch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1829  On April - 15 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 April - 15.   

1841  On this day in history birth of joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)   

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1053  On April - 15 death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

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

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78   

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