Famous Birthdays Apr 15 Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and civil engineer for Sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III, born in Ağırnas, Karaman Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (d. 1588) Born in 1489 Famous Deaths Apr 6 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded Apr 26 Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese 9th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, dies at 23 1488 History by Year 1490 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide