Historical Events In April - 15

1697  Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1741  On April - 15 charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)   

1755  On this day in history samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London.   

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

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer on April - 15.   

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 April - 15.   

1766  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic on April - 15.   

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

1784  1st balloon flight in Ireland on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1793  On April - 15 friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers   

1800  On this day in history james Ross discovers North Magnetic pole   

1800  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof on this day in history.   

1800  James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) on April - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1809  On April - 15 hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician   

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

1812  On this day in history pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter   

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

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

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

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

1827  On April - 15 julius Tausch, composer   

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

1469  On April - 15 birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs   

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 April - 15.   

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

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.   

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  On April - 15 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 this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62