Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.   

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on April - 15.   

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 April - 15.   

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

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62   

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

1632  Death of George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) on April - 15.   

1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on this day in history.   

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 April - 15.   

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

1756  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29   

1761  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)   

1764  On April - 15 jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies   

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

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on April - 15.   

1793  On this day in history death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)   

1804  On this day in history death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)   

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on April - 15.   

1824  On this day in history theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61   

1853  On this day in history johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67   

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on April - 15.   

1863  On April - 15 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90   

1866  On this day in history william Jackson, composer, dies at 51   

1888  On April - 15 matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65   

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on April - 15.   

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

1911  Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history death of edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)   

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.   

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.   

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

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.   

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

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

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

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