Famous Birthdays In December - 15

1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer  

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on December - 15.  

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1610  On December - 15 birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)  

1648  On December - 15 birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)  

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on December - 15.  

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on December - 15.  

1720  On this day in history birth of j F Beck, writer  

1735  Cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer was born on December - 15.  

1765  On December - 15 birth of philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer  

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1778  On this day in history birth of godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies)  

1787  On December - 15 birth of charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic  

1793  Henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy) was born on December - 15.  

1802  Janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry) was born on December - 15.  

1803  On this day in history birth of august Freyer, composer  

1812  On December - 15 birth of isidor Dannstrom, composer  

1821  Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer was born on this day in history.  

1822  Edward Stephen, composer was born on this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history birth of friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer  

1830  On December - 15 birth of francesco D'Arcais, composer  

1832  Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower) was born on December - 15.  

1836  On December - 15 birth of edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)  

1842  Henry Gadsby, composer was born on December - 15.  

1848  Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress was born on this day in history.  

1852  On this day in history birth of antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903)  

1852  Tewfik Pasja, khedive (viceroy) of Egypt was born on December - 15.  

1853  On December - 15 birth of jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies  

1857  On December - 15 birth of eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer  

1859  On December - 15 birth of ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)  

1860  Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903) was born on December - 15.  

1860  On December - 15 birth of abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953)  

1861  On December - 15 birth of charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)  

1863  Arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon) was born on this day in history.  

1863  Paul [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier [NS] was born on December - 15.  

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1025  On this day in history basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies  

1072  Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on this day in history.  

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.  

1263  Death of King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) on December - 15.  

1515  On this day in history alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies  

1576  On December - 15 joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53  

1598  On December - 15 philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58  

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on this day in history.