April 15th, 1800

Born on April 15th, 1800

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 81,000 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

Born on April 15th, 1800

61

James Clark Ross

British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

*April 15th, 1800, London †April 3rd, 1862, Aylesbury

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

43

Bessie Smith

American blues singer (1894–1937)

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

94

Richard von Weizsäcker

President of Germany from 1984 to 1994

*April 15th, 1920, New Palace †January 31st, 2015, Berlin

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

83

Johannes Stark

German physicist (1874-1957)

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

85

Marty Wilde

British rock and roll singer (born 1939)

*April 15th, 1939, Blackheath

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

76

Eugène Poubelle

French lawyer and diplomat (1831-1904)

*April 15th, 1831, Caen †July 15th, 1907, Paris

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

Same year
Born in 1800

74

Millard Fillmore

President of the United States from 1850 to 1853

*January 7th, 1800, Summerhill †March 8th, 1874, Buffalo

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

*August 12th, 1800, Lyon †March 27th, 1864, Pau

73

Claude Gay

French botanist, naturalist and illustrator (1800-1873)

*March 18th, 1800, Draguignan †November 29th, 1873, Flayosc

59

John Brown

American abolitionist (1800–1859)

*May 9th, 1800, Torrington †December 2nd, 1859, Charles Town

75

John Edward Gray

British zoologist and philatelist (1800–1875)

*February 12th, 1800, Walsall †March 7th, 1875, London

82

Friedrich Wöhler

German chemist

*July 31st, 1800, Frankfurt †September 23rd, 1882, Göttingen

59

Charles Goodyear

American inventor

*December 29th, 1800, New Haven †July 1st, 1860, New York City

59

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

British historian and politician (1800–1859)

*October 25th, 1800, Rothley Court †December 28th, 1859, London

90

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

German Field Marshal (1800–1891)

*October 26th, 1800, Parchim †April 24th, 1891, Berlin

67

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

Anglo-Irish astronomer (1800-1867)

*June 17th, 1800, York †October 31st, 1867, Birr Castle

80

Roman Sanguszko

Russian general

*May 6th, 1800, Antoniny †March 26th, 1881, Slavuta

48

France Prešeren

Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (1800-1849)

*December 3rd, 1800, Vrba †February 8th, 1849, Kranj

223

Konan Big

Mexican professional wrestler

*July 13th, 1800, Monterrey

223

Amile-Ursule Guillebaud

Swiss painter

*November 4th, 1800, Geneva

73

John Phillips

English geologist (1800-1874)

*December 25th, 1800, Wiltshire †April 24th, 1874, Oxford

55

Emil Aarestrup

Danish poet and physician

*December 4th, 1800, Copenhagen †July 21st, 1856, Odense

82

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

German artist

*January 7th, 1800, Hanau †February 26th, 1882, Frankfurt

33

Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach

German mathematician

*May 30th, 1800, Jena †March 12th, 1834, Erlangen

75

Georg Friedrich Daumer

German philosopher and poet (1800-1875)

*March 5th, 1800, Nuremberg †December 13th, 1875, Würzburg

78

Caleb Cushing

American politician (1800-1879)

*January 17th, 1800, Salisbury †January 2nd, 1879, Newburyport

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Public holidays on April 15th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 15th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1800 is a normal year and no leap year.

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