Famous Birthdays In December - 15

1534  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on December - 15.   

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

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

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on this day in history.   

1648  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on December - 15.   

1657  On this day in history birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

1667  On December - 15 birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on this day in history.   

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

1765  Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer was born on December - 15.   

1778  Godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies) was born on December - 15.   

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

1793  On December - 15 birth of henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)   

1802  Janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry) was born on this day in history.   

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

1812  Isidor Dannstrom, composer was born on December - 15.   

1821  On this day in history birth of auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer   

1822  On this day in history birth of edward Stephen, composer   

1823  On December - 15 birth of friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer   

1830  Francesco D'Arcais, composer was born on December - 15.   

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

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  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 this day in history 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 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  Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on this day in history.   

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

1230  On this day in history ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies   

1263  On December - 15 death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)   

1515  On December - 15 alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

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

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

1621  On December - 15 charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43