Famous Birthdays In December - 15

1534  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on December - 15.   

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  On this day in history birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

1648  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on this day in history.   

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

1720  On this day in history birth of j F Beck, writer   

1735  On December - 15 birth of cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer   

1765  On December - 15 birth of philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger, composer   

1778  On December - 15 birth of godert AGP baron van der Capellen, Dutch gov-gen (Dutch-Indies)   

1787  On December - 15 birth of charles Cowden Clarke, English editor/Shakespearean critic   

1793  Henry Charles Carey, Phila, economist (Principles of Poli Economy) was born on December - 15.   

1802  Janos Bolyai, Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry) was born on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history birth of august Freyer, composer   

1812  Isidor Dannstrom, composer was born on December - 15.   

1821  On this day in history birth of auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer   

1822  On December - 15 birth of edward Stephen, composer   

1823  On this day in history birth of friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer   

1830  Francesco D'Arcais, composer was born on December - 15.   

1832  On December - 15 birth of alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (Eiffel tower)   

1836  Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel) was born on December - 15.   

1842  Henry Gadsby, composer was born on December - 15.   

1848  Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress was born on December - 15.   

1852  Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903) was born on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history birth of tewfik Pasja, khedive (viceroy) of Egypt   

1853  On this day in history birth of jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies   

1857  On this day in history birth of eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer   

1859  Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto) was born on December - 15.   

1860  On this day in history birth of niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)   

1860  Abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953) was born on this day in history.   

1861  Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) was born on this day in history.   

1863  On December - 15 birth of arthur D Little, US, chemist (patented rayon)   

1863  On December - 15 birth of paul [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier [NS]   

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1025  Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on December - 15.   

1072  Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on this day in history.   

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.   

1263  On December - 15 death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)   

1515  On this day in history alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1598  On December - 15 philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58   

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on December - 15.