Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

1697  Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden on April - 15.   

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

1715  On this day in history uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina   

1716  Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar on April - 15.   

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1729  On April - 15 johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig   

1738  On April - 15 bottle opener invented   

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

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

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

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 April - 15 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  Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note on this day in history.   

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

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

1800  On April - 15 james Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof   

1800  On this day in history james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)   

1802  On this day in history william Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.   

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician on April - 15.   

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

1812  On April - 15 pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter   

1814  On this day in history john Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep)   

1817  On April - 15 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  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  Julius Tausch, composer on April - 15.   

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

1552  On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

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 April - 15.   

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

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

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.