Historical Events In April - 09

1682  Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France on this day in history.  

1691  French troops occupy Mons on April - 09.  

1716  Johann Georg Zechner, composer on April - 09.  

1717  Georg Matthias Monn, composer on this day in history.  

1724  On this day in history 1st Easter [NS=April 16]  

1747  On this day in history lord Lovat, English jacobiet, dies  

1751  Emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann Schickeneder], German playwright [or 9/1] on April - 09.  

1754  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer on this day in history.  

1754  On this day in history christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75  

1757  Wojciech Boguslawski, composer on this day in history.  

1761  On April - 09 william Law, theologian, dies  

1765  On this day in history maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77  

1766  On April - 09 the first fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley &chain  

1770  Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) on this day in history.  

1773  On April - 09 Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824  

1783  On April - 09 tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India  

1785  Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician/chemist (electric car 1835) on April - 09.  

1789  On this day in history house of Representives first meeting  

1793  Ernestus Weinrauch, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1798  Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano on April - 09.  

1802  French Protestant church becomes state-supported &-controlled on April - 09.  

1804  Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies on April - 09.  

1806  On April - 09 isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer  

1806  Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1807  John Opie, Engl painter/illustrator: Shakespeare gallery, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1808  Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace on April - 09.  

1812  On this day in history randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887  

1814  On April - 09 elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance  

1816  African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila) on April - 09.  

1821  The birth of Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet on April - 09.  

1821  Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil) on this day in history.  

1821  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1826  Thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 on April - 09.  

1829  Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 on April - 09.  

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1336  Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on this day in history.  

1498  On April - 09 birth of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550)  

1597  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.  

1611  On April - 09 birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer  

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on April - 09.  

1634  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau was born on this day in history.  

1648  On this day in history birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)  

1649  On this day in history birth of james Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II  

0093  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on April - 09.  

0491  Death of Zeno, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.  

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on April - 09.  

1024  On this day in history benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies  

1137  On April - 09 death of william X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)  

1483  On April - 09 edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38  

1484  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on April - 09.  

1492  Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies on this day in history.