Famous Birthdays In April - 15

1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.   

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs   

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.   

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.   

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.   

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)   

1646  Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719) was born on April - 15.   

1651  Domenico Gabrielli, composer was born on April - 15.   

1682  On this day in history birth of john van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)   

1684  On this day in history birth of catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)   

1688  Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born on April - 15.   

1689  On April - 15 birth of ferdinand Zellbell, composer   

1707  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on this day in history.   

1710  On April - 15 birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)   

1741  Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) was born on this day in history.   

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer was born on April - 15.   

1766  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on April - 15.   

1772  On April - 15 birth of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)   

1793  On this day in history birth of friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers   

1794  On this day in history birth of jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867)   

1800  On this day in history birth of james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)   

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician was born on April - 15.   

1812  On this day in history birth of pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter   

1814  John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on this day in history.   

1820  Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on April - 15.   

1821  On this day in history birth of emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894   

1822  Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1827  Julius Tausch, composer was born on April - 15.   

1829  On this day in history birth of mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon   

1832  On April - 15 birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)   

1837  On April - 15 birth of horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921   

1841  Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on April - 15.   

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1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on April - 15.   

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on April - 15.   

1502  On April - 15 jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1605  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies   

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78   

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62