Famous Birthdays In February - 15

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

1458  On February - 15 birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)  

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on February - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer  

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

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

1660  Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans was born on February - 15.  

1666  Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis) was born on this day in history.  

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

1707  Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1759  Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena) was born on February - 15.  

1760  Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer was born on this day in history.  

1764  On this day in history birth of jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)  

1766  Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer was born on this day in history.  

1768  On February - 15 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1795  On this day in history birth of charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)  

1797  On this day in history birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)  

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

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on February - 15.  

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on February - 15.  

1503  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies  

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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

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

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)