Famous Birthdays In December - 15

1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on December - 15.   

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

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

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

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

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

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  On December - 15 birth of philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer   

1778  On this day in history birth of godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1803  On December - 15 birth of august Freyer, composer   

1812  Isidor Dannstrom, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 15.   

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

1832  On December - 15 birth of alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower)   

1836  Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel) was born on December - 15.   

1842  On this day in history birth of henry Gadsby, composer   

1848  On December - 15 birth of edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 December - 15.   

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

1861  On December - 15 birth of charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1576  On December - 15 joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53   

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

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