April 15th, 1745

Born on April 15th, 1745

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 101,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 85 days, exactly on July 21st, 2024, people who were born on April 15th, 1745 will be 102,000 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

Born on April 15th, 1745

68

Pierre Lacour the Elder

French painter and printmaker (1745-1814)

*April 15th, 1745, Bordeaux †January 28th, 1814, Bordeaux

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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

Wilhelm Busch

German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)

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

75

Alla Pugacheva

Soviet-Russian singer, composer and actress

*April 15th, 1949, Moscow

27

Maisie Williams

British actress

*April 15th, 1997, Bristol

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

64

Philippe of Belgium

King of the Belgians since 2013

*April 15th, 1960, Belvédère Castle

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

31

Christoph Schelhammer

German physician

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

65

Emma Thompson

British actress, comedian and screenwriter

*April 15th, 1959, Paddington

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Born in 1745

82

Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

*February 18th, 1745, Como †March 5th, 1827, Como

69

Charles Dibdin

British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor

*March 15th, 1745, Southampton †July 25th, 1814, London

65

Nicolas-Étienne Framery

French music theorist

*March 25th, 1745, Rouen †November 26th, 1810, former 2nd arrondissement of Paris

67

Benjamin Rush

American physician, educator, author

*December 24th, 1745, Byberry, Philadelphia †April 19th, 1813, Philadelphia

83

John Jay

Chief justice of the United States from 1789 to 1795

*December 12th, 1745, New York City †May 17th, 1829, Westchester County

81

Philippe Pinel

French psychiatrist

*April 20th, 1745, Jonquières †October 25th, 1826, former 12th arrondissement of Paris

67

Mikhail Kutuzov

Field Marshal of the Russian Empire

*September 5th, 1745, Saint Petersburg †April 16th, 1813, Bolesławiec

74

Nicolas Roze

French composer (1745-1819)

*January 17th, 1745, Duchy of Burgundy †September 30th, 1819, Saint-Mandé

73

Robert Calder

Royal Navy admiral

*July 13th, 1745, Elgin †September 1st, 1818, Bishop's Waltham

82

Thomas Tudor Tucker

American politician (1745-1828)

*June 25th, 1745, Bermuda †May 2nd, 1828, Washington, D.C.

49

Jean-Antoine Roucher

French poet (1745-1794)

*February 22nd, 1745, Montpellier †July 4th, 1794, Paris

76

Johann Peter Frank

German physician

*March 19th, 1745, Rodalben †April 24th, 1821, Vienna

58

John Barry

United States admiral (1745-1803)

*March 25th, 1745, Tacumshin †September 13th, 1803, Philadelphia

63

Ivan Starov

Russian architect (1745-1808)

*February 12th, 1745, Saint Petersburg †April 5th, 1808, Saint Petersburg

70

Johann Hieronymus Schröter

German selenographer (1745-1816)

*August 30th, 1745, Erfurt †August 29th, 1816, Lilienthal, Lower Saxony

70

Richard Bassett

American politician (1745-1815)

*April 2nd, 1745, Cecil County †September 15th, 1815, Kent County

70

Johann Peter Salomon

German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario

*February 20th, 1745, Bonn †November 25th, 1815, London

80

Joseph Boze

French painter (1745-1826)

*February 6th, 1745, Martigues †January 17th, 1826, Paris

63

Johan Christian Fabricius

Danish zoologist (1745–1808)

*January 7th, 1745, Tønder †March 3rd, 1808, Kiel

47

Denis Fonvizin

Russian writer

*April 3rd, 1745, Moscow †December 1st, 1792, Saint Petersburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1745 is a normal year and no leap year.

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