April 15th, 1790

Born on April 15th, 1790

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 521 days, exactly on September 30th, 2025, people who were born on April 15th, 1790 will be 86,000 days old!

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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

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

72

Henry James

American and British writer (1843–1916)

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

44

Patrick Carney

American drummer

*April 15th, 1980, Akron

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

75

Alla Pugacheva

Soviet-Russian singer, composer and actress

*April 15th, 1949, Moscow

27

Maisie Williams

British actress

*April 15th, 1997, Bristol

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

83

Johannes Stark

German physicist (1874-1957)

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

62

Elizabeth Montgomery

American actress (1933-1995)

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

64

Philippe of Belgium

King of the Belgians since 2013

*April 15th, 1960, Belvédère Castle

33

Javier Fernández

Spanish figure skater

*April 15th, 1991, Madrid

82

Kim Il-sung

Founder of North Korea and General Secretary of the Workers' Party from 1948 to 1994

*April 15th, 1912, Mangyongdae District †July 8th, 1994, Pyongyang

65

Emma Thompson

British actress, comedian and screenwriter

*April 15th, 1959, Paddington

Same year
Born in 1790

71

John Tyler

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

*March 29th, 1790, Greenway Plantation †January 18th, 1862, Richmond

78

Alphonse de Lamartine

French author, poet and statesman (1790–1869)

*October 21st, 1790, Mâcon †February 28th, 1869, Paris

41

Jean-François Champollion

French classical scholar (1790-1832)

*December 23rd, 1790, Figeac †March 4th, 1832, Paris

77

August Ferdinand Möbius

German mathematician and astronomer

*November 17th, 1790, Schulpforte †September 26th, 1868, Leipzig

91

John Blackwall

British entomologist (1790–1881)

*January 20th, 1790, Manchester †May 11th, 1881, Llanrwst

74

Leopold I of Belgium

German prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790–1865)

*December 16th, 1790, Coburg †December 10th, 1865, Laeken - Laken

76

George Everest

Welsh surveyor and geographer

*July 4th, 1790, Crickhowell †December 1st, 1866, Westminster

55

Mathias Stinnes

German businessperson

*March 4th, 1790, Mülheim an der Ruhr †April 16th, 1845, Mülheim an der Ruhr

81

William Charles Wentworth

Australian poet, explorer, journalist and politician (1790-1872)

*August 13th, 1790, Norfolk Island †March 20th, 1872, Dorset

73

Ludwig Emil Grimm

German artist (1790-1863)

*March 14th, 1790, Hanau †April 4th, 1863, Kassel

61

Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden

Grand Duke of Baden

*August 29th, 1790, Karlsruhe †April 24th, 1852, Karlsruhe

73

William Henry Hunt

English watercolour painter (1790-1864)

*March 28th, 1790, London †February 10th, 1864, London

45

Giuseppe Marco Fieschi

French draper

*December 13th, 1790, Murato †February 19th, 1836, Paris

69

John Austin

Legal philosopher; (1790-1859)

*March 3rd, 1790, Creeting St Mary †December 1st, 1859, Weybridge

69

George Rockingham Gilmer

American politician (1790-1859)

*April 11th, 1790, Lexington †November 16th, 1859, Lexington

78

Jean René Constant Quoy

French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist (1790-1869)

*November 10th, 1790, Maillé †July 4th, 1869, Rochefort

57

Chester Ashley

American politician (1790-1848)

*June 1st, 1790, Amherst †April 29th, 1848, Washington, D.C.

68

Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons

British Royal Navy admiral (1790-1858)

*November 21st, 1790, Christchurch †November 23rd, 1858, Arundel Castle

77

Jacob Jacobsen Dampe

Danish politician (1790-1867)

*January 10th, 1790, Copenhagen †December 22nd, 1867, Copenhagen

62

Gideon Mantell

British scientist and obstetrician (1790–1852)

*February 3rd, 1790, Lewes †November 10th, 1852, London

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No: With 365 days 1790 is a normal year and no leap year.

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