Famous Birthdays In February - 15

1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on February - 15.  

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

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.  

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

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on this day in history.  

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on February - 15.  

1557  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer  

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

1571  Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music) was born on February - 15.  

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1620  On this day in history birth of francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist  

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 February - 15 birth of charles A Vanloo, French painter  

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

1710  Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74) was born on this day in history.  

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

1726  On this day in history birth of abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence  

1739  Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.  

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

1748  On February - 15 birth of jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)  

1759  On this day in history birth of friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)  

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

1764  On this day in history 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  W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on this day in history.  

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

1783  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer  

1785  On this day in history birth of claude Louis Marie Navier  

1789  Friedrich Fesca, composer was born on February - 15.  

1795  Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign) was born on this day in history.  

1797  Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway) was born on February - 15.  

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1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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  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 February - 15.  

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