Historical Events In April - 15

1697  Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden on April - 15.   

1707  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) on this day in history.   

1715  On April - 15 uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina   

1716  On April - 15 russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1719  On this day in history johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76   

1729  On this day in history johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig   

1738  Bottle opener invented on this day in history.   

1741  On this day in history charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)   

1755  Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London on this day in history.   

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on April - 15.   

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer on this day in history.   

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on this day in history.   

1765  On this day in history michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53   

1766  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic on April - 15.   

1776  Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy on this day in history.   

1784  1st balloon flight in Ireland on April - 15.   

1788  On this day in history england, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty   

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1793  Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note on this day in history.   

1793  Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers on April - 15.   

1800  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole on this day in history.   

1800  On April - 15 james Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof   

1800  James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) on April - 15.   

1802  William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud on this day in history.   

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician on this day in history.   

1811  On April - 15 ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70   

1812  On this day in history pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter   

1814  John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) on this day in history.   

1817  1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn) on this day in history.   

1820  On April - 15 evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1821  Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 on this day in history.   

1822  Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on April - 15.   

1827  Julius Tausch, composer on April - 15.   

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.   

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

1489  On this day in history birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)   

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

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

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)   

1053  On April - 15 death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on April - 15.   

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.   

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.   

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78   

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62