Famous Birthdays In December - 15

1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer  

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer  

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  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 December - 15.  

1720  On December - 15 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 this day in history.  

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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 December - 15.  

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

1802  Janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry) was born on this day in history.  

1803  On this day in history birth of august Freyer, composer  

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

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

1822  On this day in history birth of edward Stephen, composer  

1823  Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer was born on December - 15.  

1830  On this day in history birth of francesco D'Arcais, composer  

1832  On this day in history 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 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 December - 15.  

1852  On December - 15 birth of tewfik Pasja, khedive (viceroy) of Egypt  

1853  On this day in history birth of jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies  

1857  On December - 15 birth of eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer  

1859  On this day in history birth of ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)  

1860  On this day in history 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  On December - 15 birth of charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)  

1863  On this day in history birth of arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon)  

1863  Paul [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier [NS] was born on December - 15.  

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1025  On December - 15 basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies  

1072  On December - 15 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  On December - 15 alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies  

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

1598  On this day in history philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58  

1621  On this day in history charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43