Famous Birthdays In February - 15

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

1458  On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)  

1471  On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)  

1483  On this day in history birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30  

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

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)  

1524  On this day in history birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims  

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1564  On February - 15 birth of galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist  

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  Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France (hugenot) was born on February - 15.  

1660  Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans was born on this day in history.  

1666  On February - 15 birth of antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)  

1705  On this day in history birth of charles A Vanloo, French painter  

1707  Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist was born on February - 15.  

1710  On February - 15 birth of louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74)  

1725  Abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794) was born on February - 15.  

1726  Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence was born on February - 15.  

1739  On February - 15 birth of alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)  

1740  On this day in history birth of ernst Eichner, composer  

1748  Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian) was born on this day in history.  

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  On February - 15 birth of jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)  

1766  On February - 15 birth of thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer  

1768  On this day in history birth of jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer  

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

1780  Carel Asser, Dutch jurist was born on February - 15.  

1783  Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer was born on February - 15.  

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

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

1795  On February - 15 birth of charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)  

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

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1043  On this day in history gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52  

1145  On February - 15 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  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies  

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

1580  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies  

1597  On February - 15 pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66  

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on February - 15.