Famous Personalities Born In February - 15
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
1368 Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on this day in history.
1458 Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on this day in history.
1471 On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)
1483 On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30
1497 On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant
1519 On February - 15 birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)
1524 On this day in history birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims
1557 On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer
1564 Galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist was born on February - 15.
1571 On February - 15 birth of michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music)
1620 Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist was born on this day in history.
1650 On February - 15 birth of anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France (hugenot)
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 Charles A Vanloo, French painter was born on February - 15.
1707 Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist was born on February - 15.
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 February - 15.
1726 On this day in history birth of abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence
1739 On February - 15 birth of alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
1740 On this day in history birth of ernst Eichner, composer
1748 Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian) was born on February - 15.
1759 Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena) was born on this day in history.
1760 On February - 15 birth of jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer
1764 Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker) was born on this day in history.
1766 On this day in history birth of thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer
1768 Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer was born on this day in history.
1774 W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on February - 15.
1780 Carel Asser, Dutch jurist was born on this day in history.
1783 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer was born on this day in history.
1785 Claude Louis Marie Navier was born on this day in history.
1789 Friedrich Fesca, composer was born on this day in history.
1795 On February - 15 birth of charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)
1797 On February - 15 birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)