Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

1697  On April - 15 charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden   

1707  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) on April - 15.   

1715  Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina on this day in history.   

1716  Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar on this day in history.   

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 April - 15.   

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

1755  On April - 15 samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London.   

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

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

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on April - 15.   

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

1766  On this day in history friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic   

1776  On this day in history duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy   

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

1788  England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

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

1793  On April - 15 bank of England hands out 1st £5 note   

1793  On this day in history friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers   

1800  On April - 15 james Ross discovers North Magnetic pole   

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  On April - 15 william Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.   

1809  On April - 15 hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician   

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

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter on this day in history.   

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

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

1820  Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 on April - 15.   

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

1822  On April - 15 napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

1827  On this day in history julius Tausch, composer   

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1452  On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary   

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

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

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

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

1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

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

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

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

1502  On April - 15 jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

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 this day in history.