Events & Holidays In April - 15

Army Day (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Cambodian New Year (Cambodia)

Declaration of Melaka as a Historic State (Malaysia)

Income Tax Day (also Accountant's Day) (United States of America)

Kim Il-sun's Birthday (North Korea)

National Contest of Paso Horses - Lima (Peru)

Pi Mai (Laos New Year) (Laos)

Recollection of the Deceased (Georgia)

Rubber Eraser Day (United States of America)

Songkran Days (Thai New Year) (Thailand)

Youth Day (Palau)

1452  On this day in history 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  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  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history 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 this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on this day in history.   

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

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  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on this day in history.