Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

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

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs   

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

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

1646  On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)   

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

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  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