Events & Holidays In April - 15

Army Day (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Cambodian New Year (Cambodia)

Declaration of Melaka as a Historic State (Malaysia)

Income Tax Day (also Accountant's Day) (United States of America)

Kim Il-sun's Birthday (North Korea)

National Contest of Paso Horses - Lima (Peru)

Pi Mai (Laos New Year) (Laos)

Recollection of the Deceased (Georgia)

Rubber Eraser Day (United States of America)

Songkran Days (Thai New Year) (Thailand)

Youth Day (Palau)

1452  On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary   

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.   

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68   

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.   

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on this day in history.