Famous Birthdays In April - 15

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

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.   

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

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

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

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

1641  On April - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

1682  John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) was born on April - 15.   

1684  Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) was born on April - 15.   

1688  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Fasch, composer   

1689  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer was born on April - 15.   

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

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 April - 15.   

1793  On April - 15 birth of friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers   

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

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

1822  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.