Famous Birthdays In February - 15

1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)  

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on February - 15.  

1471  On February - 15 birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)  

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.  

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on February - 15.  

1519  On February - 15 birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)  

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on this day in history.  

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer  

1564  Galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist was born on February - 15.  

1571  On February - 15 birth of michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music)  

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1620  Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist was born on February - 15.  

1650  On this day in history birth of anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France (hugenot)  

1660  On this day in history birth of frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans  

1666  On this day in history birth of antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)  

1705  On February - 15 birth of charles A Vanloo, French painter  

1707  On this day in history birth of claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist  

1710  On this day in history birth of louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74)  

1725  On February - 15 birth of abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)  

1726  On February - 15 birth of abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence  

1739  Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813) was born on February - 15.  

1740  Ernst Eichner, composer was born on February - 15.  

1748  Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian) was born on February - 15.  

1759  Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena) was born on this day in history.  

1760  On February - 15 birth of jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer  

1764  Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker) was born on this day in history.  

1766  On this day in history birth of thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer  

1768  Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer was born on February - 15.  

1774  On February - 15 birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

1780  On this day in history birth of carel Asser, Dutch jurist  

1783  On February - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer  

1785  Claude Louis Marie Navier was born on this day in history.  

1789  On this day in history birth of friedrich Fesca, composer  

1795  Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign) was born on February - 15.  

1797  Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born on this day in history.  

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1043  On February - 15 gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52  

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies  

1152  On this day in history konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58  

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on this day in history.  

1568  On this day in history hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36  

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies  

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.