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Jan 15 1432

Afonso V the African king of Portugal (1438-1481)

Jan 15 1507

Johann Oporinus [Herbster] Swiss book publisher (Koran)

Jan 15 1622

Molire [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin] French playwright (The Misanthrope) born in Paris Kingdom of France (d. 1673)

Jan 15 1671

Abraham de la Pryme English antiquarian (d. 1704)

Jan 15 1674

Prosper Jolyot de Crbillon French writer (d. 1762)

Jan 15 1716

Philip Livingston American businessman and politician (signed Declaration of Independence) born in Albany New York (d.1778)

Jan 15 1730

John Malchair German-born English artist violinist and composer born in Cologne (d. 1812) baptismal date

Jan 15 1747

John Aikin English doctor and writer (d. 1822)

Jan 15 1754

Richard Martin Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834)

Jan 15 1779

Jean Coralli ballet producerchoreographer born in Paris France

Jan 15 1791

Franz Gillparzer Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)

Jan 15 1795

Willem de Clerq Dutch merchantman of letters

Jan 15 1795

Alexandr Griboyedov Russian playwright (d. 1829)

Jan 15 1798

Thomas Crofton Croker Irish story teller (Fairy legends)

Jan 15 1803

Marjory Fleming Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)

Jan 15 1809

Cornelia Connelly founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Jan 15 1809

Pierre Joseph Proudhon French politician (libertarian socialist)

Jan 15 1812

Peter C Asbjornsen Norwegian fairy tale writer

Jan 15 1813

James Marion Sims SC surgeongynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)

Jan 15 1815

Henry Morris Naglee American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1886)

Jan 15 1817

Lewis Golding Arnold American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Perth Amboy New Jersey (d. 1871)

Jan 15 1821

Lafayette McLaws Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1897)

Jan 15 1824

Marie Duplessis [Alphonsine Rose Plessis] French courtesan born in Nonant-le-Pin Normandy France (d. 1847)

Jan 15 1826

Mikhail Saltykov Spas-Ugol Russia satirist (Family of Noblemen)

Jan 15 1841

Lord Frederick Stanley presenter of hockeys Stanley Cup

Jan 15 1842

Blessed Mary McKillop Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)

Jan 15 1845

Ella Flagg Young 1st woman pres (National Educational Association)

Jan 15 1850

Mihail Eminesco [Eminovici] Romanian poet (Samanul Dionis)

Jan 15 1850

Sofia Kovalevskaya Russian mathematician. (d. 1891)

Jan 15 1855

Jacques Damala [Aristides Damalas] Greek military officer and actor born in Piraeus Greece (d. 1889)

Jan 15 1859

Archibald Peake Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)

Jan 15 1864

Frances Benjamin Johnston Grafton West Virginia early female photographer

Jan 15 1866

Nathan Sderblom Swedish archbishop recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)

Jan 15 1346 Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha Holland and Zealand

Jan 15 1552 France signs secret treaty with German Protestants

Jan 15 1582 Russia cedes Livonia & Estonia to Poland loses access to Baltic

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