Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1697 Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden on this day in history.
1707 On April - 15 leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
1715 On this day in history uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina
1716 Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar on this day in history.
1719 On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76
1729 On April - 15 johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig
1738 Bottle opener invented on April - 15.
1741 Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) on April - 15.
1755 On April - 15 samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London.
1756 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.
1757 On this day in history george Knowil Jackson, composer
1764 Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on April - 15.
1765 On this day in history michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53
1766 Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic on April - 15.
1776 On this day in history duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy
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 April - 15.
1793 Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note on April - 15.
1793 Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers on this day in history.
1800 James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole on this day in history.
1800 On this day in history 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 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 Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on April - 15.
1812 On this day in history pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter
1814 John Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep) on this day in history.
1817 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn) on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1821 Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 on this day in history.
1822 On April - 15 napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)
1824 On this day in history theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61
1827 Julius Tausch, composer on April - 15.
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