Famous Personalities Born In December - 15

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

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

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 15.   

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

1720  On this day in history birth of j F Beck, writer   

1735  Cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1765  Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer was born on this day in history.   

1778  Godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies) was born on December - 15.   

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

1793  On December - 15 birth of henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)   

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

1803  On December - 15 birth of august Freyer, composer   

1812  On this day in history birth of isidor Dannstrom, composer   

1821  On December - 15 birth of auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer   

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

1823  Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1842  Henry Gadsby, composer was born on December - 15.   

1848  On this day in history birth of edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress   

1852  On this day in history birth of antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903)   

1852  On December - 15 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  On this day in history birth of eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer   

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

1860  Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903) was born on this day in history.   

1860  Abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953) was born on December - 15.   

1861  Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) was born on December - 15.   

1863  Arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon) was born on this day in history.   

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

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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 December - 15 ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies   

1263  Death of King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) on December - 15.   

1515  On this day in history 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 this day in history charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43