Famous Birthdays In December - 15

1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer  

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer  

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer  

1610  On this day in history birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)  

1648  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on this day in history.  

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1735  On this day in history birth of cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer  

1765  Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer was born on this day in history.  

1778  On December - 15 birth of godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies)  

1787  Charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic was born on December - 15.  

1793  On this day in history birth of henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)  

1802  On this day in history birth of janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)  

1803  August Freyer, composer was born on December - 15.  

1812  On this day in history birth of isidor Dannstrom, composer  

1821  On December - 15 birth of auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer  

1822  Edward Stephen, composer was born on December - 15.  

1823  Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1832  Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower) was born on this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history birth of edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)  

1842  On December - 15 birth of henry Gadsby, composer  

1848  On this day in history birth of edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress  

1852  Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) was born on this day in history.  

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

1853  Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies was born on this day in history.  

1857  On this day in history birth of eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer  

1859  Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto) was born on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history birth of niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)  

1860  On this day in history birth of abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953)  

1861  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of paul [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier [NS]  

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1025  On December - 15 basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies  

1072  On this day in history death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)  

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on December - 15.  

1263  Death of King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) on this day in history.  

1515  Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on December - 15.  

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on December - 15.  

1598  Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on December - 15.  

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