Famous Personalities Born In April - 15

1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.   

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.   

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On April - 15 birth of pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)   

1651  On this day in history birth of domenico Gabrielli, composer   

1682  On April - 15 birth of john van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit)   

1684  Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1689  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born on this day in history.   

1707  On this day in history birth of leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)   

1710  William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1741  On April - 15 birth of charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)   

1757  On this day in history birth of george Knowil Jackson, composer   

1766  On April - 15 birth of friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic   

1772  On this day in history birth of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)   

1793  Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers was born on this day in history.   

1794  Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.   

1800  James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) was born on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician   

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  On April - 15 birth of evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1821  On April - 15 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  On April - 15 birth of julius Tausch, composer   

1829  Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon was born on April - 15.   

1832  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)   

1837  Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born on April - 15.   

1841  Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.   

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1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.   

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68   

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.   

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

1607  On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78   

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62