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the date was chosen in memory of the Italian painter, sculptor, architect,
inventor and humanist Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519),

considered a symbol of free expression, a visionary in the world of arts

– "World Diabetes Diagnosis Day"; By marking this day, attention is drawn to
the increasing increase in diabetes diseases. NOTE: November 14 marks
"World Diabetes Day"

– "Patriot's Day" has been marked since 1897 (only in some states of America

– Maine and Massachusetts), on the third Monday in April, when the beginning
of the War of Independence (more precisely, the 1775 battles of Lexington and
Concord, two cities close to Boston) are commemorated. On this day, public

institutions, except for federal services, close their doors, as well as some
shops; there are also various festivities, such as the famous Boston Marathon.

However, as L'Express magazine reports, it is also a day when opposition to
the federal government is manifested; In the last 25 years, several bloody

attacks have taken place on this day

– DPR Korea: National holiday; Birthday of President Kim Il-sung
(b.15.IV.1912 – d.8.VII.1994); also known as "Sun Day"

1446 – Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1377)

– 1452: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer,
inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and humanist, was

born; considered an embodiment of the type of "universal man" of the
Renaissance (d. 1519)

– 1684 – Catherine I of Russia, empress from 1725 until her death (d. 1727)
– 340 years old

– 1707 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer was

born; fundamental contributions in mathematics; creator of the calculus of
variations (d. 1783)