Page 3: Historical Events In April - 15

1829  On this day in history mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon   

1837  On April - 15 horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921   

1843  On this day in history the birth of Henry James, American novelist   

1843  On April - 15 carl Eilhardt, composer   

1845  On April - 15 dave Gregory, cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captain)   

1850  City of San Francisco incorporated on April - 15.   

1850  On April - 15 john Munroe Longyear, US, capitalist/bank president   

1851  On this day in history earl G Andressy sentenced to death in Hungary   

1853  On this day in history protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops   

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1857  N R Pogson discovers asteroid #43 Ariadne on April - 15.   

1858  On April - 15 battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists   

1858  On April - 15 anton G O Ridder Van Rappard, Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher   

1861  On this day in history federal army mobilized by Pres Lincoln   

1861  Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by Pres Lincoln on April - 15.   

1863  On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90   

1864  General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history the American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play   

1865  Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl on April - 15.   

1866  On April - 15 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51   

1870  Last day US silver coins allow to circulate in Canada on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history nY legislature passes compulsory education law   

1874  On this day in history johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919)   

1875  Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty) on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history 1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Mass   

1878  Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap on April - 15.   

1878  On this day in history robert Walser, writer   

1882  On April - 15 giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo)   

1885  On April - 15 naval forces land at Panama to protect American interests during revolution   

1888  J Palisa discovers asteroid #275 Sapientia on April - 15.   

1888  On this day in history florence Bates, San Antonio Tx, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama)   

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

1889  Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union) on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history alvin Carter, Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family)   

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.   

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

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.   

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

1641  On April - 15 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  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on this day in history.   

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  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies   

1607  On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78   

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