Famous Birthdays In February - 15

1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on February - 15.   

1458  On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on February - 15.   

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on February - 15.   

1497  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  On February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1564  On February - 15 birth of galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist   

1571  Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans   

1666  On February - 15 birth of antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)   

1705  On February - 15 birth of charles A Vanloo, French painter   

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  On February - 15 birth of abraham Clark, American founding father (d. 1794)   

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  Ernst Eichner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history birth of jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)   

1759  On February - 15 birth of friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)   

1760  Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer was born on this day in history.   

1764  On this day in history birth of jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)   

1766  Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer was born on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history birth of jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer   

1774  W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1780  On February - 15 birth of carel Asser, Dutch jurist   

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 February - 15.   

1795  On this day in history birth of charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)   

1797  On this day in history birth of henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)   

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1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on February - 15.   

1145  On February - 15 lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  On February - 15 konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.   

1568  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

1597  On this day in history pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on February - 15.