Famous Deaths Happened In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.   

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.   

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

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  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies   

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78   

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.   

1621  On April - 15 death of john Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony   

1632  On this day in history death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)   

1641  On this day in history death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)   

1652  On this day in history death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church   

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history.   

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

1754  On April - 15 death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)   

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on April - 15.   

1761  On this day in history 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  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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 April - 15.   

1804  On this day in history death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)   

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

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1863  On April - 15 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90   

1866  On April - 15 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51   

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

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on this day in history.   

1891  On April - 15 stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49   

1898  On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader   

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 this day in history.   

1469  On April - 15 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 April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

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

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

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.