April 15th, 1727

Born on April 15th, 1727

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 108,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 503 days, exactly on September 19th, 2025, people who were born on April 15th, 1727 will be 109,000 days old!

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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?

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

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

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

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

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

31

Christoph Schelhammer

German physician

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

64

Philippe of Belgium

King of the Belgians since 2013

*April 15th, 1960, Belvédère Castle

72

Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla

Italian physician, surgeon, pathologist (1728-1800)

*April 15th, 1728, San Zenone al Po †July 30th, 1800, Padua

62

Elizabeth Montgomery

American actress (1933-1995)

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

33

Javier Fernández

Spanish figure skater

*April 15th, 1991, Madrid

83

Johannes Stark

German physicist (1874-1957)

*April 15th, 1874, Freihung †June 21st, 1957, Traunstein

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Born in 1727

53

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

French economist (1727-1781)

*May 10th, 1727, Paris †March 18th, 1781, Paris

90

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin

Chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands (1727-1817)

*February 16th, 1727, Leiden †October 26th, 1817, Vienna

76

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Italian painter and engraver

*August 30th, 1727, Venice †March 3rd, 1804, Venice

61

Thomas Gainsborough

English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)

*May 14th, 1727, Sudbury †August 2nd, 1788, London

31

Johann Gottfried Zinn

Botanist and physician (1727-1759)

*December 4th, 1727, Schwabach †April 6th, 1759, Göttingen

92

William Samuel Johnson

British-American politician (1727-1819)

*October 7th, 1727, Stratford †November 14th, 1819, Stratford

92

William Ellery

American politician and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence

*December 2nd, 1727, Newport †February 15th, 1820, Newport

63

Samuel Heinicke

German educator

*April 10th, 1727, Nautschütz †April 30th, 1790, Leipzig

67

Mahadaji Scindia

Indian ruler

*January 1st, 1727, Ujjain †February 12th, 1794, Wanwadi

83

Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista

Royal Governor of Chile

*September 20th, 1727, Santiago †February 26th, 1811, Santiago

53

Pierre Montan Berton

French composer and conductor

*January 7th, 1727, Maubert-Fontaine †May 14th, 1780, Paris

71

Georg Andreas Will

German historian

*August 30th, 1727, Obermichelbach †September 18th, 1798, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

67

Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet

French noble and statesman (1727-1794)

*March 22nd, 1727, Grenoble †April 28th, 1794, Paris

76

Frederik Christian Kaas

Danish naval officer (1727-1804)

*December 1st, 1727, Copenhagen †March 28th, 1804, Copenhagen

83

Jean-Georges Noverre

French dancer (1727-1810)

*April 29th, 1727, Paris †October 19th, 1810, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

32

James Wolfe

British Army officer (1727–1759)

*January 2nd, 1727, Westerham †September 13th, 1759, Quebec City

63

Caroline von Keyserling

German painter (1727-1791)

*December 2nd, 1727, Königsberg †August 24th, 1791, Königsberg

78

Ignaz Schiffermüller

Austrian entomologist

*October 2nd, 1727, Hellmonsödt †June 21st, 1806, Linz

67

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau

Austrian diplomat

*April 20th, 1727, Liège †August 25th, 1794, London

72

József Batthyány

Hungarian cardinal (1727–1799)

*January 30th, 1727, Vienna †October 23rd, 1799, Bratislava

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1727 is a normal year and no leap year.

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