Page 2: Historical Events In April - 15

1697  Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden on this day in history.   

1707  Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant) on this day in history.   

1715  On this day in history uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina   

1716  On April - 15 russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar   

1719  On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76   

1729  On April - 15 johann S Bachs "Mattheus Passion" premieres in Leipzig   

1738  Bottle opener invented on April - 15.   

1741  Charles Willson Peale, US, port painter/inventor (George Washington) on this day in history.   

1755  Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London on April - 15.   

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

1757  On April - 15 george Knowil Jackson, composer   

1764  On April - 15 jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies   

1765  On April - 15 michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53   

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

1776  Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy on April - 15.   

1784  On April - 15 1st balloon flight in Ireland   

1788  On April - 15 england, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty   

1788  On April - 15 giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77   

1793  On April - 15 bank of England hands out 1st £5 note   

1793  On this day in history friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers   

1800  James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole on this day in history.   

1800  On April - 15 james Ross discovers North Magnetic pole Compass sales go through the roof   

1800  On April - 15 james Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)   

1802  William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud on this day in history.   

1809  Hermann Gunther Grassmann, mathematician on April - 15.   

1811  On this day in history ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70   

1812  Pierre-Etienne-Theodore Rousseau, painter on April - 15.   

1814  On April - 15 john Lothrop Motley, US, historian/author (Rise of Dutch Rep)   

1817  1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford Conn) on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1821  On April - 15 emerson Brown Joseph, (Confederacy), died in 1894   

1822  On this day in history napolean Jackson Tecumseh Dana, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1824  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer   

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1605  On April - 15 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.