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 April - 15.   

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

1502  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

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

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on April - 15.   

1610  On this day in history 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  On April - 15 death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)   

1652  On this day in history death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church   

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 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 April - 15.   

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

1804  On April - 15 death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)   

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

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

1853  On April - 15 johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67   

1854  On April - 15 death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)   

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

1866  William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on April - 15.   

1888  Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on this day in history.   

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on April - 15.   

1898  Death of Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader on April - 15.   

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

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on this day in history.   

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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 April - 15.   

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on April - 15.   

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.   

1646  On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)