Famous Deaths Happened In April - 15

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  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on this day in history.   

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  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.   

1621  On April - 15 death of john Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony   

1632  On April - 15 death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)   

1641  On April - 15 death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)   

1652  Death of Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church on this day in history.   

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on April - 15.   

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1754  On April - 15 death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)   

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on this day in history.   

1764  On this day in history jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies   

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on this day in history.   

1804  Death of Charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761) on April - 15.   

1811  On this day in history ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70   

1824  On April - 15 theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61   

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on this day in history.   

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on April - 15.   

1866  On April - 15 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51   

1888  On this day in history matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65   

1889  On this day in history death of father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)   

1891  On this day in history stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49   

1898  Death of Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies   

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15.   

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

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs   

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.   

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

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.   

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.   

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)