Historical Events In April - 15

1829  Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon on April - 15.  

1837  Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 on this day in history.  

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

1843  On this day in history carl Eilhardt, composer  

1845  Dave Gregory, cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captain) on this day in history.  

1850  City of San Francisco incorporated on April - 15.  

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

1851  On April - 15 earl G Andressy sentenced to death in Hungary  

1853  On April - 15 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 this day in history anton G O Ridder Van Rappard, Dutch painter/lithographer/etcher  

1861  Federal army mobilized by Pres Lincoln on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by Pres Lincoln  

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on April - 15.  

1864  General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas on April - 15.  

1865  On April - 15 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 April - 15.  

1874  NY legislature passes compulsory education law on this day in history.  

1874  Johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919) on April - 15.  

1875  On this day in history klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty)  

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

1878  On April - 15 harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap  

1878  On April - 15 robert Walser, writer  

1882  On this day in history giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo)  

1885  Naval forces land at Panama to protect American interests during revolution on April - 15.  

1888  On April - 15 j Palisa discovers asteroid #275 Sapientia  

1888  Florence Bates, San Antonio Tx, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama) on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  On April - 15 asa Philip Randolph, labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union)  

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

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

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

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

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on April - 15.  

1220  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1605  On this day in history boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on this day in history.