Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

1697  On this day in history charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden   

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

1715  Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina on April - 15.   

1716  On this day in history russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1719  On this day in history 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  On this day in history charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)   

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

1756  On April - 15 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29   

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer on this day in history.   

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on this day in history.   

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on April - 15.   

1766  Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic on this day in history.   

1776  Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy on April - 15.   

1784  On this day in history 1st balloon flight in Ireland   

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

1788  On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77   

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  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole on April - 15.   

1800  On this day in history james Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof   

1800  On April - 15 james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)   

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  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter on this day in history.   

1814  On April - 15 john Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep)   

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

1820  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1827  Julius Tausch, composer on April - 15.   

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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 April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

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

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

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

1646  On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)   

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

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

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on April - 15.   

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68   

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 April - 15.   

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