Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

1697  Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden on April - 15.   

1707  On April - 15 leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)   

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

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

1719  On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76   

1729  On this day in history johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig   

1738  On this day in history bottle opener invented   

1741  Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) on April - 15.   

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   

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer on April - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1776  On April - 15 duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy   

1784  On April - 15 1st balloon flight in Ireland   

1788  England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 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  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  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician on this day in history.   

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 April - 15.   

1817  On this day in history 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn)   

1820  On April - 15 evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1821  On this day in history emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894   

1822  Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

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

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  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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 this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

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

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

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62