April 15th, 1711

Born on April 15th, 1711

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on April 15th, 1711

71

Stefano Evodio Assemani

Catholic archbishop

*April 15th, 1711, Tripoli †November 24th, 1782, Rome

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Who's birthday is on April 15th?

76

Leonhard Euler

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

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

34

Emma Watson

English actress and activist (born 1990)

*April 15th, 1990, Le Marais

67

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

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

44

Patrick Carney

American drummer

*April 15th, 1980, Akron

79

William Cullen

Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist; (1710-1790)

*April 15th, 1710, Hamilton †February 5th, 1790, Edinburgh

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

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

31

Christoph Schelhammer

German physician

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

43

Bessie Smith

American blues singer (1894–1937)

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

83

Tomas Tranströmer

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)

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

60

Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo

French dancer

*April 15th, 1710, Brussels metropolitan area †April 20th, 1770, Paris

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

64

Philippe of Belgium

King of the Belgians since 2013

*April 15th, 1960, Belvédère Castle

49

Suleiman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691

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

62

Elizabeth Montgomery

American actress (1933-1995)

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

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65

David Hume

Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian

*April 26th, 1711, Edinburgh †August 25th, 1776, Edinburgh

49

Edward Boscawen

Royal Navy admiral (1711-1761)

*August 19th, 1711, Tregothnan †January 10th, 1761, Surrey

87

Qianlong Emperor

Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)

*September 25th, 1711, Beijing †February 7th, 1799, Beijing

53

Mikhail Lomonosov

Russian polymath (1711-1765)

*November 8th, 1711, Lomonosovo †April 4th, 1765, Saint Petersburg

68

Thomas Hutchinson

Last civilian Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, historian (1711-1780)

*September 9th, 1711, Boston †June 3rd, 1780, London

66

Laura Bassi

Italian physicist (1711-1778)

*October 31st, 1711, Bologna †February 20th, 1778, Bologna

82

Abraham Roentgen

German cabinetmaker

*January 30th, 1711, Mülheim †March 1st, 1793, Herrnhut

51

Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla

Spanish sailor (1711-1762)

*February 9th, 1711, Noja †July 31st, 1762, Havana

74

Marie Françoise Catherine de Beauvau-Craon

French noblewoman

*December 8th, 1711, Lunéville †July 1st, 1786, Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin

72

Johann Dietrich Winckler

German author and theologian (1711-1784)

*December 27th, 1711, Hamburg †April 5th, 1784, Hamburg

81

Carl Gustaf Pilo

Danish-Swedish artist (1711-1793)

*March 5th, 1711, Runtuna †March 2nd, 1793, Stockholm

75

Ruđer Josip Bošković

Croat physicist

*May 18th, 1711, Dubrovnik †February 13th, 1787, Milan

64

Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc

Feral child

*November 30th, 1711, New France †December 15th, 1775, Paris

66

Lorenz Christoph Mizler

German music historian and polymath (1711-1778)

*July 26th, 1711, Heidenheim †May 8th, 1778, Warsaw

83

Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg

Bohemian nobleman (1711-1794)

*February 2nd, 1711, Vienna †June 27th, 1794, Vienna

77

Gaetano Latilla

Italian opera composer

*January 12th, 1711, Bari †January 15th, 1788, Naples

84

Franz Töpsl

German historian

*November 18th, 1711, Munich †March 12th, 1796, Munich

77

Henry of Bibra

German priest

*January 1st, 1711, Schnabelwaid †January 1st, 1788, Fulda

77

Giuseppe Bonno

Austrian composer

*January 29th, 1711, Vienna †April 15th, 1788, Vienna

74

Kitty Clive

British actress (1711-1785)

*November 5th, 1711, London †December 6th, 1785, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1711 is a normal year and no leap year.

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