Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  On April - 15 death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

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

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68   

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.   

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 April - 15.   

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

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on April - 15.   

1632  Death of George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) on this day in history.   

1641  On April - 15 death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)   

1652  On April - 15 death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church   

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on April - 15.   

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

1754  On this day in history death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)   

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

1761  On April - 15 death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)   

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   

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

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on this day in history.   

1804  On April - 15 death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)   

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61   

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on April - 15.   

1854  On this day in history death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)   

1863  On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90   

1866  On this day in history william Jackson, composer, dies at 51   

1888  Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1889  On April - 15 death of father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)   

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1898  Death of Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader on this day in history.   

1911  Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies on this day in history.   

1912  On April - 15 death of edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)   

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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  On this day in history birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)   

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.   

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

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

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