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April 15 is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 260 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 769 ...
Events. 1715 - Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.; 1783 - Preliminary articles of peace ending Revolutionary War ratified.; 1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth and Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President of the United States.
Lee Hsien Loong announces that he will resign as Prime Minister of Singapore on May 15 and will be succeeded by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong. Thousands of people protest against a controversial foreign agent law in Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgia's Interior Ministry reports at least 14 people have been detained.
RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean.The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) [a] on 14 April.
Armed conflicts and attacks. 2019–2026 Sudanese transition to democracy. War in Sudan (2023) Battle of Khartoum. RSF occupation of the Khartoum International Airport
The French National Assembly votes unanimously to amend an existing age of consent law in order to officially recognize sex with children under the age of 15 as rape and making it punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Previously, the law allowed an adult to claim the consent of a child in court.
Russia launches major missile strikes on Kyiv, saying that the strikes are in retaliation for the April 2022 Belgorod and Bryansk attacks. Israeli–Palestinian conflict. 2022 Al-Aqsa Mosque storming. More than 150 Palestinians and three Israeli police officers are injured after Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem.
April 15: Patriots' Day in some states in the United States (2024); Day of the Sun in North Korea; Jackie Robinson Day and Tax Day in the United States Hillsborough Memorial 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 ...