Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

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 April - 15.   

1715  On this day in history uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina   

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

1738  Bottle opener invented on this day in history.   

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 April - 15.   

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

1757  On this day in history george Knowil Jackson, composer   

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

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on April - 15.   

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

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

1784  On this day in history 1st balloon flight in Ireland   

1788  England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty on April - 15.   

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  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 April - 15.   

1802  William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud on this day in history.   

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician on this day in history.   

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on April - 15.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 15 theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61   

1827  On this day in history julius Tausch, composer   

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1452  On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary   

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.   

1489  On April - 15 birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)   

1552  On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on April - 15.   

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.   

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)   

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on April - 15.   

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  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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 April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78   

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62