Historical Events In April - 15

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

1707  On this day in history leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)  

1715  Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina on this day in history.  

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

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on April - 15.  

1729  Johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig on April - 15.  

1738  On April - 15 bottle opener invented  

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

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

1764  On April - 15 jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies  

1765  On April - 15 michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53  

1766  On this day in history friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic  

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

1784  1st balloon flight in Ireland on April - 15.  

1788  On this day in history england, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty  

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  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole on this day in history.  

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

1800  James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter on April - 15.  

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  On April - 15 evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

1821  On April - 15 emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894  

1822  On this day in history napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)  

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on April - 15.  

1827  On April - 15 julius Tausch, composer  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.  

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  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

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

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.  

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

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