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On April 15, 769: The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.

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The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.

The Lateran Council of 769 was a synod held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran to rectify perceived abuses in the papal electoral process which had led to the elevation of the antipopes Constantine II and Philip. It also condemned the rulings of the Council of Hieria.

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Born on April 15

Shanti Dope 2001– Filipino rapper
Sexyy Red 1998– American rapper (born 1998)
Ashleigh Gardner 1997– Australian cricketer Maisie Williams 1997– British actress (born 1997)
Leander Dendoncker 1995– Belgian footballer (born 1995)
Brodie Grundy 1994– Australian rules footballer
Shaunae Miller-Uibo 1994– Bahamian sprinter (born 1994)
Felipe Anderson 1993– Brazilian footballer (born 1993)
Remo Freuler 1992– Swiss footballer (born 1992)
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John Guidetti 1992– Swedish footballer (born 1992)
Jeremy McGovern 1992– Former Australian rules footballer (born 1992)
Daiki Arioka 1991– Japanese singer, actor, tarento and model (born 1991)
Javier Fernández López 1991– Spanish figure skater
Emma Watson 1990– English actress (born 1990)
Darren Nicholls 1989– Australian rugby league footballer
Blake Ayshford 1988– Australian rugby league footballer
Steven Defour 1988– Belgian footballer and manager (born 1988)
Chris Tillman 1988– American baseball player (born 1988)

People

Died on April 15

José Santamaría Uruguayan football player and manager (1929–2026)
Wink Martindale American DJ and television personality (1933–2025)
Whitey Herzog American baseball player and manager (1931–2024)
Josip Manolić Croatian politician (1920–2024)
Bilquis Edhi Pakistani nurse and philanthropist (1947–2022)
Henry Plumb British politician and farmer (1925–2022)
Liz Sheridan American actress (1929–2022)
R. Lee Ermey US Marine sergeant and actor (1944–2018)
Vittorio Taviani Italian film directors and screenwriters
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Clifton James American actor (1920–2017)
Emma Morano Italian supercentenarian (1899–2017)
Jonathan Crombie Canadian actor and voice actor
Surya Bahadur Thapa Five-time Prime Minister of Nepal
John Houbolt American aerospace engineer
Eliseo Verón Argentine scientist (1935–2014)
Benjamin Fain Israeli physicist (1930–2013)
Richard LeParmentier American actor (1946–2013)
Jean-François Paillard French conductor (1928–2013)

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  1. 769 The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.

    Synod held in Rome

    The Lateran Council of 769 was a synod held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran to rectify perceived abuses in the papal electoral process which had led to the elevation of the antipopes Constantine II and Philip. It also condemned the rulings of the Council of Hieria.

  2. 1071 Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to the Norman Robert Guiscard.

    City in Apulia, Italy

    Bari is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is one of the most important economic centres of mainland southern Italy. It is a port and university city as well as the city of Saint Nicholas.

  3. 1071 The sharif of Mecca changes the khutbah from the Shiite Fatimid caliph in Cairo to the Sunni Abbasid Caliph in Bagdhad.

    Leader of the Sharifate of Mecca

    The Sharif of Mecca was the title of the leader of the Sharifate of Mecca, traditional steward of the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The term sharif is Arabic for "noble", "highborn", and is used to describe the descendants of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf.

  4. 1191 Henry VI, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by pope Celestine III.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197

    Henry VI, a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of Sicily as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Constance I.

  5. 1277 The Mamluk Sultanate defeats the Mongols in the battle of Elbistan.

    State in Egypt, Hejaz and Syria (1250–1517)

    The Mamluk Sultanate, also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, with Cairo as its capital. It was ruled by a military caste of mamluks headed by a sultan. The sultanate was established with the overthrow of the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt in 1250 and was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517.

  6. 1450 Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
  7. 1632 Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
  8. 1642 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.
  9. 1715 The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
  10. 1736 Foundation of the short-lived Kingdom of Corsica.
  11. 1738 Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, receives its premiere performance in London, England.
  12. 1755 Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
  13. 1817 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.
  14. 1861 President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
  15. 1865 President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Three hours later, Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as president.
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  1. 1892 The General Electric Company is formed.
  2. 1896 Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
  3. 1900 Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  4. 1912 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.
  5. 1920 Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
  6. 1922 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
  7. 1923 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
  8. 1923 Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.
  9. 1936 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
  10. 1941 World War II: In the Belfast Blitz, 200 bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing some 1,000 people.
  11. 1942 World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  12. 1945 Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
  13. 1947 Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
  14. 1952 First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
  15. 1955 McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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