April 15th, 1633

Born on April 15th, 1633

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 142,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 113 days, exactly on October 22nd, 2024, people who were born on April 15th, 1633 will be 143,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 15th?

April 15th, 2019

A fire 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 (memorial pictured), 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

31

Christoph Schelhammer

German physician

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

49

Suleiman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691

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

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

75

Alla Pugacheva

Soviet-Russian singer, composer, and actress

*April 15th, 1949, Moscow

27

Maisie Williams

British actress

*April 15th, 1997, Bristol

83

Tomas Tranströmer

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)

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

53

Christian V of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway (1646-1699)

*April 15th, 1646, Flensburg †August 25th, 1699, Copenhagen

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

43

Bessie Smith

American blues singer (1894–1937)

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

83

David Hamilton

British photographer and film director

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

64

Philippe of Belgium

King of the Belgians since 2013

*April 15th, 1960, Belvédère Castle

85

Marty Wilde

British rock and roll singer (born 1939)

*April 15th, 1939, Blackheath

81

Robert Sibbald

Scottish physician and antiquary (1641-1722)

*April 15th, 1641, Edinburgh †August 9th, 1722, Edinburgh

62

Elizabeth Montgomery

American actress (1933-1995)

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

Same year
Born in 1633

67

James II of England

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1633–1701)

*October 14th, 1633, London †September 5th, 1701, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

73

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

French military engineer

*April 30th, 1633, Saint-Léger-Vauban †March 30th, 1707, Paris

70

Samuel Pepys

English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)

*February 23rd, 1633, City of London †May 26th, 1703, Clapham

32

Abbas II of Persia

Safavid Shah of Iran (1632-1666, r. 1642-1666)

*December 20th, 1633, Qazvin †October 26th, 1666, Damghan

71

Paolo Boccone

Italian Botanist (1633-1704)

*April 24th, 1633, Palermo †December 22nd, 1704, Altofonte

25

Willem Drost

Dutch painter (1633–1659)

*April 19th, 1633, Amsterdam †February 25th, 1659, Venice

34

Jean de Thévenot

French explorer

*June 16th, 1633, Paris †November 28th, 1667, Mianeh

88

Gerhard Wolter Molanus

German theologian

*November 1st, 1633, Hamelin †September 7th, 1722, Hanover

82

Benedetto Gennari II

Italian painter (1633-1715)

*October 19th, 1633, Cento †December 9th, 1715, Bologna

65

Johann Heinrich Heidegger

Swiss theologian

*July 1st, 1633, Bäretswil †July 18th, 1698, Zürich

81

Alessandro Marchetti

Italian mathematician and writer (1633-1714)

*March 17th, 1633, Empoli †September 6th, 1714, Pisa

69

Jan de Baen

Dutch painter (1633-1702)

*February 20th, 1633, Haarlem †February 28th, 1702, The Hague

61

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

English politician (1633-1695)

*November 11th, 1633, Yorkshire †April 5th, 1695, London

85

Georg Christoph Petri von Hartenfels

German physician (1633-1718)

*February 13th, 1633, Erfurt †December 6th, 1718, Erfurt

58

Johannes Zollikofer

Swiss vicar (1633-1692)

*December 29th, 1633, St. Gallen †April 23rd, 1692, Herisau

21

Go-Kōmyō

Emperor of Japan

*April 20th, 1633, Kyoto †October 30th, 1654, Kyoto

51

Christian von Stökken

German writer (1633-1684)

*August 15th, 1633, Rendsburg †September 4th, 1684, Rendsburg

78

Philippus van Limborch

Dutch theologian

*June 19th, 1633, Amsterdam †April 30th, 1712, Amsterdam

20

Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans

King of Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, and the Romans (1633-1654)

*September 8th, 1633, Vienna †July 9th, 1654, Vienna

76

Martin Hanke

German historian

*February 15th, 1633, Borna †April 20th, 1709, Wrocław

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1633 is a normal year and no leap year.

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