April 15th, 1533

Born on April 15th, 1533

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 179,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 652 days, exactly on February 9th, 2026, people who were born on April 15th, 1533 will be 180,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 15th?

April 15th, 2019

A fire (pictured) severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof.

April 15th, 2013

Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off two pressure cooker bombs during the running of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264 others.

April 15th, 1989

The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.

April 15th, 1958

On Walter O'Malley's initiative, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played the first Major League Baseball game on the U.S. West Coast.

April 15th, 1957

The Indiaman departed Victoria Coach Station, London, as part of the first UK–India bus service.

April 15th, 1952

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered, strategic bomber operated by the U.S. Air Force for most of the aircraft's history, made its first flight.

April 15th, 1947

Jackie Robinson, the first African American to break the baseball color line, played his first game in Major League Baseball.

April 15th, 1927

Torrential rains caused the Mississippi River to break out of its levee system in at least 145 places, resulting in the worst flooding in the history of the United States.

April 15th, 1922

U.S. senator John B. Kendrick (pictured) introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal involving U.S. president Warren G. Harding's administration, leading to the Teapot Dome scandal.

April 15th, 1912

More than 1,500 people on the Titanic died when the passenger liner sank after colliding with an iceberg southeast of Newfoundland.

April 15th, 1861

The Italian tricolour is adopted as national flag by the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.

April 15th, 1802

English poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy encountered a "long belt" of daffodils while walking around Ullswater in the Lake District, inspiring him to pen his best-known work, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".

April 15th, 1738

Serse, an opera by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel loosely based on Xerxes I of Persia, premiered in London.

April 15th, 1632

Thirty Years' War: A Swedish–German army defeated the forces of the Catholic League at the Battle of Rain, mortally wounding their commander Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly.

April 15th, 1071

Byzantine–Norman wars: After a siege of almost three years, Italo-Norman forces conquered the city of Bari, the capital of the Catepanate of Italy, ending more than five centuries of Byzantine presence in the region.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 15th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 15th?

67

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

*April 15th, 1452, Anchiano †May 2nd, 1519, Amboise

34

Emma Watson

English actress and activist (born 1990)

*April 15th, 1990, Le Marais

76

Leonhard Euler

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

*April 15th, 1707, Basel †September 18th, 1783, Saint Petersburg

44

Patrick Carney

American drummer

*April 15th, 1980, Akron

72

Henry James

American and British writer (1843–1916)

*April 15th, 1843, New York City †February 28th, 1916, Chelsea

27

Maisie Williams

British actress

*April 15th, 1997, Bristol

75

Alla Pugacheva

Soviet-Russian singer, composer and actress

*April 15th, 1949, Moscow

31

Christoph Schelhammer

German physician

*April 15th, 1620, Hamburg †June 20th, 1651, Weimar

75

Wilhelm Busch

German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)

*April 15th, 1832, Wiedensahl †January 9th, 1908, Mechtshausen

59

Émile Durkheim

French sociologist

*April 15th, 1858, Épinal †November 15th, 1917, Paris

94

Richard von Weizsäcker

President of Germany from 1984 to 1994

*April 15th, 1920, New Palace †January 31st, 2015, Berlin

83

Tomas Tranströmer

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)

*April 15th, 1931, Stockholm †March 26th, 2015, Stockholm

43

Bessie Smith

American blues singer (1894–1937)

*April 15th, 1894, Chattanooga †September 26th, 1937, Clarksdale

49

Suleiman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691

*April 15th, 1642, Constantinople †June 22nd, 1691, Edirne

64

Philippe of Belgium

King of the Belgians since 2013

*April 15th, 1960, Belvédère Castle

83

David Hamilton

British photographer and film director

*April 15th, 1933, London †November 25th, 2016, 6th arrondissement of Paris

85

Marty Wilde

British rock and roll singer (born 1939)

*April 15th, 1939, Blackheath

33

Javier Fernández

Spanish figure skater

*April 15th, 1991, Madrid

62

Elizabeth Montgomery

American actress (1933-1995)

*April 15th, 1933, Hollywood †May 18th, 1995, Beverly Hills

70

Guru Nanak

First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism

*April 15th, 1469, Nankana Sahib †September 22nd, 1539, Kartarpur

Same year
Born in 1533

69

Elizabeth I of England

Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603

*September 7th, 1533, Palace of Placentia †March 24th, 1603, Richmond Palace

59

Michel de Montaigne

French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)

*February 28th, 1533, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne †September 12th, 1592, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne

43

Eric XIV of Sweden

Swedish king

*December 13th, 1533, Tre Kronor Castle †February 26th, 1577, Örbyhus

51

William the Silent

Dutch statesman and revolt leader (1533–1584)

*April 24th, 1533, Dillenburg †July 10th, 1584, Delft

57

Basilius Amerbach

Swiss lawyer, professor and historian (1533–1591)

*December 1st, 1533, Basel †April 25th, 1591, Basel

63

Alfonso II d'Este

Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597

*November 22nd, 1533, Ferrara †October 27th, 1597, Ferrara

55

Andreas Dudith

Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and diplomat

*February 5th, 1533, Buda †February 2nd, 1589, Wrocław

40

Asakura Yoshikage

Daimyo of the sengoku period; 11th head of Asakura clan (1533-1573)

*October 12th, 1533, Fukui Prefecture †October 16th, 1573

53

Stephen Báthory

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586)

*September 27th, 1533, Șimleu Silvaniei †December 12th, 1586, Hrodna

44

Ismail II

Third Safavid Shah of Iran

*August 31st, 1533, Qazvin †November 24th, 1577, Qazvin

61

Alonso de Ercilla

Spanish soldier and poet (1533-1594)

*August 7th, 1533, Madrid †November 29th, 1594, Madrid

67

Johann Major

German author, poet and theologian, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Johannes Maior

*January 2nd, 1533, Jáchymov †March 6th, 1600, Zerbst

60

Paul Luther

German scientist (1533-1593)

*January 28th, 1533, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †March 8th, 1593, Leipzig

38

Catherine of Austria

Queen of Poland

*September 15th, 1533, Innsbruck †February 28th, 1572, Linz

54

Theodor Zwinger

Swiss physician

*August 2nd, 1533, Basel †March 10th, 1588, Basel

86

Hieronymus Fabricius

Italian physician, anatomist and surgeon (1533–1619)

*May 20th, 1533, Acquapendente †May 21st, 1619, Padua

54

Valentin Weigel

German theologian

*August 17th, 1533, Großenhain †June 10th, 1588, Zschopau

44

Martín de Rada

Spanish missionary (1533-1578)

*July 20th, 1533, Pamplona †June 12th, 1578, South China Sea

54

Timotheus Kirchner

German theologian

*January 6th, 1533, Döllstädt †September 14th, 1587, Weimar

16

Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Italian noble

*March 10th, 1533, Mantua †February 22nd, 1550, Mantua

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1533 is a normal year and no leap year.

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