Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

1697  On April - 15 charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden   

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

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

1716  Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London.   

1756  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29   

1757  On April - 15 george Knowil Jackson, composer   

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

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

1766  On April - 15 friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic   

1776  Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy on this day in history.   

1784  1st balloon flight in Ireland on this day in history.   

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

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on April - 15.   

1793  Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter   

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

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  Emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894 on April - 15.   

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  Julius Tausch, composer on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on April - 15.   

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

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

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

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