Historical Events In April - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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