Famous Birthdays In January - 15

1432  Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on January - 15.  

1481  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)  

1507  On this day in history birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)  

1538  Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.  

1567  Black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation) was born on January - 15.  

1622  On this day in history birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)  

1671  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

1674  Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) was born on this day in history.  

1715  Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist was born on January - 15.  

1716  Philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.  

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1730  John Malchair, composer was born on January - 15.  

1733  On this day in history birth of joseph Lederer, composer  

1742  Eugene Godecharle, composer was born on January - 15.  

1747  John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822) was born on this day in history.  

1754  Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834) was born on January - 15.  

1779  On January - 15 birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer  

1791  On January - 15 birth of franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)  

1795  On this day in history birth of willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters  

1795  On this day in history birth of alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)  

1798  Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends) was born on January - 15.  

1803  On this day in history birth of marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)  

1809  On this day in history birth of cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)  

1809  Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist) was born on January - 15.  

1812  On this day in history birth of peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer  

1813  On January - 15 birth of james Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)  

1815  Henry Morris Naglee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 was born on this day in history.  

1816  Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.  

1817  Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871 was born on this day in history.  

1821  On January - 15 birth of lafayette McLaws, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897  

1824  On January - 15 birth of marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847)  

1826  On this day in history birth of mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen)  

1841  Lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup was born on January - 15.  

1842  Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909) was born on January - 15.  

1842  On this day in history birth of josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)  

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0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70  

0570  On this day in history death of saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475)  

0936  On this day in history death of king Rudolph of France  

1208  Death of Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered on this day in history.  

1345  On this day in history death of martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler  

1481  Death of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) on this day in history.  

1595  Death of Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546) on January - 15.  

1672  Death of John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594) on this day in history.