The Mamluk Sultanate defeats the Mongols in the battle of Elbistan.📜 HISTORY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 1277State in Egypt, Hejaz and Syria (1250–1517)
The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 0769Synod held in Rome
Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years’ War📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 15 April 14501450 battle of the Hundred Years' War
Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years’ War.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 16321632 battle of the Thirty Years' War
Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 1642Ethno-religious conflict within Ireland between 1641 and 1653
The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1715Conflict between Carolinian colonial settlers and Native American tribes (1715–17)
Foundation of the short-lived Kingdom of Corsica.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 1736Unrecognized Mediterranean island from March–November
Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.📜 HISTORY🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 15 April 1755English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons)📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1817American educator (1787–1851)
President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1861President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Three hours later📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 18651865 murder in Washington, D.C., US
The General Electric Company is formed.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1892American multinational conglomerate (1892–2024)
Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens📜 HISTORY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 1896Multi-sport event in Athens, Greece
Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1900Armed Philippine-American conflict (1899–1902)
The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m.📜 CITIES🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1912British passenger liner that sank in 1912
Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree📜 CITIES🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1920City in Massachusetts, United States
U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1922American politician (1857–1933)