Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

1697  Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden on this day in history.   

1707  On this day in history leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)   

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

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

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1729  Johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig on April - 15.   

1738  On this day in history bottle opener invented   

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  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on April - 15.   

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer on April - 15.   

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  On this day in history duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy   

1784  On April - 15 1st balloon flight in Ireland   

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

1788  On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77   

1793  On this day in history bank of England hands out 1st £5 note   

1793  On April - 15 friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers   

1800  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole on this day in history.   

1800  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof on April - 15.   

1800  On April - 15 james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)   

1802  On this day in history 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 this day in history hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician   

1811  On April - 15 ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70   

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  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 this day in history theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61   

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

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 April - 15.   

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

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.   

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

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68   

1502  On April - 15 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 this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62