Famous Birthdays In April - 15

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

1469  On April - 15 birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs   

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

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

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

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

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.   

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  On April - 15 birth of catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)   

1688  On April - 15 birth of johann Friedrich Fasch, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of william Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)   

1741  Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) was born on April - 15.   

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

1766  On this day in history 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 April - 15.   

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

1800  On April - 15 birth of james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)   

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1812  On April - 15 birth of pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter   

1814  On April - 15 birth of john Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep)   

1820  On April - 15 birth of evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1821  Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 was born on this day in history.   

1822  On April - 15 birth of napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1827  Julius Tausch, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1832  Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

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

1502  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1605  On this day in history boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies   

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

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on this day in history.