Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

1697  On April - 15 charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden   

1707  On April - 15 leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)   

1715  Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1719  On this day in history johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76   

1729  Johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig on this day in history.   

1738  Bottle opener invented on this day in history.   

1741  On April - 15 charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington)   

1755  Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London on this day in history.   

1756  On April - 15 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29   

1757  George Knowil Jackson, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1766  On this day in history friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic   

1776  On April - 15 duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy   

1784  1st balloon flight in Ireland on April - 15.   

1788  England, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

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

1793  Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note on this day in history.   

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

1800  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole on April - 15.   

1800  On this day in history james Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof   

1800  On this day in history 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  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn)   

1820  Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 on April - 15.   

1821  On this day in history emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894   

1822  Napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1824  On April - 15 theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61   

1827  Julius Tausch, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

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

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

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)   

1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

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

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.   

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.