Famous Deaths Happened In April - 15

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

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1415  On this day in history 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  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

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  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 April - 15 death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)   

1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on this day in history.   

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

1659  On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies   

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

1754  Death of Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676) on this day in history.   

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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  On April - 15 michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53   

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70   

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

1853  On April - 15 johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67   

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

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1888  Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 on April - 15.   

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on April - 15.   

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on April - 15.   

1898  Death of Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader on April - 15.   

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies   

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on this day in history.   

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

1469  On April - 15 birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs   

1489  On this day in history birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)   

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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