Historical Events
1st Impressionist Exhibition
First 'Impressionist' exhibition opens in Paris, features Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot
- NY legislature passes compulsory education law
Famous Birthdays
- George Harrison Shull, American plant geneticist, born in Clark County, Ohio (d. 1954)
- Johannes Stark, German physicist (Stark Effect; Nobel Prize in Physics -1919), and Nazi sympathizer, born in Schickenhof, German Empire (d. 1957)
About April 15, 1874
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 150 years and 1 month
Leap Year: No
Star Sign: Aries
