Famous Personalities Born In December - 15

1534  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

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

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

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  On December - 15 birth of j F Beck, writer   

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

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

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 this day in history birth of friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer   

1830  Francesco D'Arcais, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 15.   

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 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  On December - 15 birth of eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer   

1859  On December - 15 birth of ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)   

1860  On December - 15 birth of niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)   

1860  On December - 15 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  On this day in history birth of arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon)   

1863  On this day in history birth of paul [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier [NS]   

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1025  On December - 15 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 this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history 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 December - 15.   

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