Page 2: Historical Events In April - 21
Friday, 18 July 2025
1775 On April - 21 alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare)
1779 On this day in history william Knyvett, composer
1780 Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60 on April - 21.
1782 The birth of Friedrich Froebel, German educationalist on this day in history.
1785 Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges on April - 21.
1789 John Adams sworn in as first US Vice President, 9 days before Washington is sworn in as president on this day in history.
1789 John Adams sworn in as first US VP (9 days before Washington) on April - 21.
1789 On April - 21 john Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)
1792 Tiradentes, a revolutionary who was leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered on this day in history.
1794 On April - 21 nYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British
1795 Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint on April - 21.
1803 Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885 on this day in history.
1806 On April - 21 peter van Schendel, Dutch painter
1809 On this day in history robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)
1814 Beni Egressy, composer on April - 21.
1816 On this day in history the birth of Charlotte Bronte, British writer
1816 On April - 21 charlotte Bronte, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre)
1818 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.
1824 Anselmo Clave, composer on April - 21.
1828 Noah Webster publishes first American dictionary on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
1828 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy) on April - 21.
1834 On this day in history william Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1836 On April - 21 battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from M‚xico
1836 On April - 21 battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico
1837 Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) on April - 21.
1838 The birth of John Muir, American naturalist on April - 21.
1838 On this day in history john Muir, US, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras)
1840 On April - 21 franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
1849 On this day in history oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization
1853 Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer on April - 21.
1854 On April - 21 eusapia Palladino, Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons
1855 On April - 21 first train crosses Miss River's first bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
1855 On April - 21 1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
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