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  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

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

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

1657  On December - 15 birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

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

1720  On December - 15 birth of j F Beck, writer   

1735  On December - 15 birth of cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer   

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

1778  On December - 15 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  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  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 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  Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel) was born on this day in history.   

1842  On December - 15 birth of henry Gadsby, composer   

1848  Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress was born on December - 15.   

1852  Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) was born on December - 15.   

1852  Tewfik Pasja, khedive (viceroy) of Egypt was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1860  On December - 15 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  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 December - 15.   

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  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 December - 15.   

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

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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.