Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

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

1707  On this day in history leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)   

1715  On April - 15 uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina   

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

1719  On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76   

1729  Johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig on this day in history.   

1738  Bottle opener invented on this day in history.   

1741  Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) on April - 15.   

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

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on April - 15.   

1757  On this day in history george Knowil Jackson, composer   

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

1765  On April - 15 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 April - 15.   

1784  On April - 15 1st balloon flight in Ireland   

1788  England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty on April - 15.   

1788  On April - 15 giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77   

1793  Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note on April - 15.   

1793  Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers on April - 15.   

1800  On April - 15 james Ross discovers North Magnetic pole   

1800  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof on April - 15.   

1800  James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) on this day in history.   

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 April - 15.   

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician on April - 15.   

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

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter on April - 15.   

1814  John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) on April - 15.   

1817  1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn) on April - 15.   

1820  On April - 15 evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1821  On April - 15 emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894   

1822  Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 15.   

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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  On April - 15 birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)   

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

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on April - 15.   

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

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

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 this day in history.   

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78   

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