Famous Personalities Born In December - 15

1534  On this day in history birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

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

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on December - 15.   

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

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1765  On this day in history birth of philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer   

1778  Godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1842  Henry Gadsby, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of tewfik Pasja, khedive (viceroy) of Egypt   

1853  Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies was born on December - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 15 birth of arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon)   

1863  Paul [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier [NS] was born on this day in history.   

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1025  Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on December - 15.   

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

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  Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on December - 15.