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  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on April - 15.   

1637  On this day in history 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 April - 15.   

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

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

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

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

1707  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) was born on April - 15.   

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

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

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer was born on this day in history.   

1766  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic was born on this day in history.   

1772  Ã‰tienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844) was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 15 birth of hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician   

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter was born on this day in history.   

1814  John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) was born on April - 15.   

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

1821  On April - 15 birth of emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894   

1822  On this day in history birth of napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1827  On April - 15 birth of julius Tausch, composer   

1829  Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon was born on this day in history.   

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

1837  Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history birth of joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919)   

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1053  On April - 15 death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

1220  On April - 15 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 this day in history.   

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.   

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

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