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Dec 15 1534

Lucas Osiander German composer born in Nuremberg (d. 1604)

Dec 15 1567

Christoph Demantius German composer born in Reichenberg (d. 1643)

Dec 15 1574

Samuel Besler German-Polish composer born in Brzeg (d. 1625)

Dec 15 1857

Eugeniusz Pankiewicz Polish composer born in Siedlce Poland (d. 1898)

Dec 15 1859

L. L. Zamenhof Polish physician and linguist (Esperanto) born in Biaystok Poland Russian Empire (d. 1917)

Dec 15 1860

Niels Ryberg Finsen Danish physician and phototherapist (Nobel 1903) born in Trshavn Faroe Islands (d. 1904)

Dec 15 1860

Abner Powell American baseball player born in Shenandoah Pennsylvania (d. 1953)

Dec 15 1861

Charles Duryea American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company first auto built in the US) born in Canton Illinois (d. 1938)

Dec 15 1863

Arthur Dehon Little American chemist (patented rayon) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1935)

Dec 15 1870

Josef Hoffmann Austrian architect born in Brtnice Moravia Austria-Hungary (d. 1956)

Dec 15 1873

Kacsh Pongrc Hungarian composer born in Budapest (d. 1923)

Dec 15 1875

Friedrich Niggli Swiss composer born in Aarburg Switzerland (d. 1959)

Dec 15 1875

Emilio Jacinto Filipino poet and revolutionary born in Tondo Manila (d. 1899)

Dec 15 1876

Ferdinand Hardekopf German writer and journalist born in Varel Germany (d. 1954)

Dec 15 1878

Hans Carossa German writer born in Tlz Bavaria (d. 1956)

Dec 15 1879

Hugo Willem Constantijn Bordewijk Dutch lawyer born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1939)

Dec 15 1879

Rudolf von Laban Czech-German choreographer (modern dance) born in Bratislava Austria-Hungary (d. 1958)

Dec 15 1610

David Teniers the Younger Flemish court painter (Theatrum Pictorium) born in Antwerp (d. 1690)

Dec 15 1648

Gregory King English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) born in Lichfield England (d. 1712)

Dec 15 1657

Michel-Richard Delalande French baroque composer born in Paris (d. 1726)

Dec 15 1667

Ludwig Ernst German composer born in Gotha (d. 1739)

Dec 15 1765

Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger composer born in Strasbourg France (d. 1821)

Dec 15 1778

Godert van der Capellen Dutch governor-general (Dutch-Indies) born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1848)

Dec 15 1787

Charles Cowden Clarke English editor and Shakespearean critic born in Enfield Middlesex England (d. 1877)

Dec 15 1793

Henry Charles Carey American economist (Principles of Poli Economy) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1879)

Dec 15 1801

August Freyer Polish musician and composer born in Saxony (d. 1883)

Dec 15 1802

Janos Bolyai Hungarian mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry) born in Kolozsvr Hungary (d. 1860)

Dec 15 1812

Isidor Dannstrm Swedish composer born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1897)

Dec 15 1821

Auguste Vaucorbeil French composer born in Rouen France (d. 1884)

Dec 15 1822

Edward Stephen Welsh musician and composer born in Maentwrog Merionethshire (d. 1885)

Dec 15 1823

Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke German composer born in Katlenburg-Lindau Germany (d. 1896)

Dec 15 1830

Francesco DArcais Italian composer born in Cagliari Italy (d. 1890)

Dec 15 1836

Edmond Picard French-Belgian lawyer and writer (La forge Roussel) born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1924)

Dec 15 1124 Chancellor Haimeric selects pope (Lamberto becomes Honorius II)

Dec 15 1167 Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.

Dec 15 1256 Hulagu Khan captures and destroys Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia

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