Editing April 15 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Battle of Rain]]: [[Sweden|Swedes]] under [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustavus Adolphus]] defeat the [[Holy Roman Empire]] during the [[Thirty Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Tim J.|chapter=Lech River, Battle of (April 15, 1632)|title=Germany at War: 400 years of Military History|editor-last=Zabecki|editor-first=David T.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2014|isbn=9781598849806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCWMBQAAQBAJ|page=745}}</ref>
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[Irish Confederate Wars]]: A [[Confederate Ireland|Confederate Irish]] militia is routed in the [[Battle of Kilrush]] when it attempts to halt the progress of a [[Royalist]] Army.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bagwell|first=Richard|title=Ireland Under the Stuarts. Volume 2|location=London|publisher=Longmans, Green and Co.|date=1909|isbn=9783752350623|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJzyDwAAQBAJ|pages=16–17}}</ref>
*[[1715]] &ndash; The [[Yamasee War#Pocotaligo massacre|Pocotaligo Massacre]] triggers the start of the [[Yamasee War]] in [[Province of Carolina|colonial South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite book|title=History of South Carolina. Volume 1: Proprietary Administration (1670–1719)|editor-last1=Snowden|editor-first1=Yates|editor-last2=Cutler|editor-first2=H.G.|location=Chicago|publisher=Lewis Publishing Co.|date=1920|oclc=2395214|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9rdhTozA2YC|page=166}}</ref>
*[[1736]] &ndash; Foundation of the short-lived [[Kingdom of Corsica (1736)|Kingdom of Corsica]].
*[[1738]] &ndash; ''[[Serse]]'', an [[Italian opera]] by [[George Frideric Handel]], receives its premiere performance in London, England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lang|first=Paul Henry|title=George Frideric Handel|location=New York|publisher=Dover Publications|date=1996|isbn=9780486292274|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aK8AQAAQBAJ|page=299}}</ref>
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Samuel Johnson]]'s ''[[A Dictionary of the English Language]]'' is published in London.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vizetelly|first=Frank H.|title=The Development of the Dictionary of the English Language, With Special Reference to the Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary|location=New York|publisher=Funk & Wagnalls Company|date=1915|oclc=4428183|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1dJWAAAAMAAJ|page=11}}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[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), the first American school for deaf students, in [[Hartford, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Crouch|first=Barry A.|chapter=Lessons From the Connecticut Asylum|title=The Deaf Way: Perspectives From the International Conference on Deaf Culture|editor-last1=Erting|editor-first1=Carol J.|editor-last2=Johnson|editor-first2=Robert C.|editor-last3=Smith|editor-first3=Dorothy L.|editor-last4=Snider|editor-first4=Bruce D.|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Gallaudet University Press|date=1994|isbn=9781563680267|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqJxAcmA9yEC|page=226}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; President [[Abraham Lincoln]] [[Proclamation 80| calls for 75,000 militiamen]] to quell the insurrection that soon became the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Eicher|first=David J.|title=The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War|location=London|publisher=Pimlico|date=2002|isbn=9780712668545|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1p94XzYASDAC|page=58}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; President Abraham Lincoln dies after being [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|shot]] the previous evening by actor [[John Wilkes Booth]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Steers| first=Edward J. Jr. |title=Lincoln's Assassination|location=Carbondale, Ill.|publisher=Southern Illinois University Press|date=2014|isbn=9780809333493|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Sl9BAAAQBAJ|pages=72–74}}</ref> Three hours later, Vice President [[Andrew Johnson]] is sworn in as president.<ref>{{cite book|last=Donhardt|first=Gary L.|title=In the Shadow of the Great Rebellion: The Life of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States (1808–1875)|location=New York|publisher=Nova Science|date=2006|isbn=9781600210860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UW32n2HWwRIC|page=63}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; The [[General Electric|General Electric Company]] is formed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Davtyan|first=Lusine|chapter=General Electric|title=Technical Innovation in American History: An Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Volume 2: Reconstruction Through World War II|editor-last1=Welch|editor-first1=Rosanne|editor-last2=Lamphier|editor-first2=Peg A.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2019|isbn=9781610690935|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWGHDwAAQBAJ|page=74}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; Closing ceremony of the [[1896 Summer Olympics|Games of the I Olympiad]] in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hanold|first=Maylon|title=World Sports: A Reference Handbook|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2012|isbn=9781598847789|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTsDeI_ZbncC|page=149}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Philippine–American War]]: [[Filipino people|Filipino]] guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a [[Siege of Catubig|four-day siege]] of [[Catubig, Northern Samar|Catubig]], Philippines.<ref>{{cite book|last=Alegre|first=Joycie Y. Dorado|title=Abaknon of Samar. Katutubo: Profiles of Philippine Cultural Communities|location=Manila|publisher=National Commission on Culture and the Arts|date=2009|isbn=9789718141618|page=12}}</ref>