Famous Birthdays In December - 15

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

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 15.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

1803  August Freyer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1812  On December - 15 birth of isidor Dannstrom, composer  

1821  Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer was born on December - 15.  

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  On December - 15 birth of alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower)  

1836  On December - 15 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  On December - 15 birth of tewfik Pasja, khedive (viceroy) of Egypt  

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

1857  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer was born on December - 15.  

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

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

1860  Abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953) was born on December - 15.  

1861  Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) was born on this day in history.  

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

1863  On December - 15 birth of paul [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier [NS]  

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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 December - 15.  

1230  On December - 15 ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies  

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

1598  On this day in history 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 December - 15.