Born on December 15th, 1857
Weekday
Tuesday
December 15th, 1857 was a Tuesday.
Zodiac
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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)
November 23rd, 1857 - December 21st, 1857
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 60,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 234 days, exactly on December 19th, 2024, people who were born on December 15th, 1857 will be 61,000 days old!
60,766 Days
8,680 Weeks
1,996 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 15th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 15th
Born on December 15th, 1857
Julius Popper
Romanian-Argentinian explorer (1857-1893)
*December 15th, 1857, Bucharest †June 5th, 1893, Buenos AiresCristóbal Rojas
Venezuelan painter (1857-1890)
*December 15th, 1857, Cúa †November 8th, 1890, CaracasSame Day
Who's birthday is on December 15th?
57 L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish pysician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)
*December 15th, 1859, Białystok †April 14th, 1917, Warsaw
87 Paul Schmitthenner
German architect; Judges' Trial affiant
*December 15th, 1884, Lauterbourg †November 11th, 1972, Munich
55 Henri Becquerel
French physicist
*December 15th, 1852, Paris †August 25th, 1908, manoir de Pen Castel
91 Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect
*December 15th, 1832, Dijon †December 27th, 1923, Paris
43 Niels Ryberg Finsen
Faroese physician and scientist of Icelandic descent
*December 15th, 1860, Tórshavn †September 24th, 1904, Copenhagen
58 René Quinton
French biologist, invented the treatment "Quinton serum", abandoned by modern medicine
*December 15th, 1866, Chaumes-en-Brie †July 9th, 1925, 17th arrondissement of Paris
86 Günter Siebert
German footballer (1930–2017)
*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde
75 Betty Smith
American author (1896–1972)
*December 15th, 1896, Brooklyn †January 17th, 1972, Shelton
82 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
President of Finland (1861–1944)
*December 15th, 1861, Sääksmäki †February 29th, 1944, Kotkaniemi
75 Ray Eames
American artist, designer, and filmmaker
*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los AngelesLéon Eyrolles
French businessman and politician (1861-1945)
*December 15th, 1861, Tulle †December 3rd, 1945, Cachan_2015-11-28_Keylor_Navas.jpg "Keylor Navas")
99 Albert Memmi
French writer of Tunisian-Jewish origin
*December 15th, 1920, Tunis †May 22nd, 2020, 4th arrondissement of Paris
Same year
Born in 1857
Ernst Fabricius
German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)
*September 6th, 1857, Darmstadt †March 22nd, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau
72 William Howard Taft
President of the United States from 1909 to 1913
*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area
55 Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist (1857-1913)
*November 26th, 1857, Geneva †February 22nd, 1913, Vufflens-le-Château
36 Heinrich Hertz
German physicist (1857–1894)
*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn
66 Joseph Conrad
Polish-British writer (1857–1924)
*December 3rd, 1857, Terekhove †August 3rd, 1924, Bishopsbourne
81 Pius XI
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City
86 Henrik Pontoppidan
Writer, Nobel Laureate
*July 24th, 1857, Fredericia †August 21st, 1943, CopenhagenOtto Sidow
German politician (SPD)
*May 1st, 1857, Friesack †September 6th, 1927, Brandenburg an der Havel.jpg "Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell")
83 Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)
*February 22nd, 1857, Paddington †January 8th, 1941, Nyeri
83 Eugène Regnault
French diplomat (1857-1941)
*December 28th, 1857, Boulogne-sur-Mer †September 25th, 1941, Gorre
79 Julien Tiersot
French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936)
*July 5th, 1857, Bourg-en-Bresse †August 10th, 1936, 13th arrondissement of Paris
87 Margaret Deland
American writer and poet (1857–1945)
*February 23rd, 1857, Allegheny †January 13th, 1945, BostonRuggero Leoncavallo
Italian composer
*April 23rd, 1857, Naples †August 9th, 1919, Montecatini Terme
76 Edward Elgar
English composer (1857-1934)
*June 2nd, 1857, Lower Broadheath †February 23rd, 1934, Worcester
54 Alfred Binet
French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test
*July 8th, 1857, Nice †October 18th, 1911, Paris
94 Charles Scott Sherrington
English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)
*November 27th, 1857, Islington †March 4th, 1952, Eastbourne
83 Julius Wagner-Jauregg
Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist
*March 7th, 1857, Wels †September 27th, 1940, Vienna.jpg "Theo Van Gogh")
Birthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on December 15th
Fixed holidays (Bill of Rights Day , Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 15th.
2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina)
Bill of Rights Day (United States)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Amendment_DayJohn Horden and Robert McDonald (Episcopal Church (USA))
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_HordenDecember 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_15_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Homecoming Day (Alderney)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_the_Channel_IslandsKingdom Day (Netherlands), moves to December 16 if the 15th is on a Sunday
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KoninkrijksdagZamenhof Day (International Esperanto Community)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamenhof_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
15.12.1857
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1857 is a normal year and no leap year.