Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15
Friday, 14 March 2025
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig
1738 On April - 15 bottle opener invented
1741 Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) on this day in history.
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 Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on April - 15.
1766 On this day in history friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic
1776 On April - 15 duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy
1784 On this day in history 1st balloon flight in Ireland
1788 On this day in history england, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty
1788 On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77
1793 On April - 15 bank of England hands out 1st £5 note
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 James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic) on April - 15.
1802 On April - 15 william Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
1809 On April - 15 hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician
1811 On April - 15 ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70
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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