Historical Events In April - 09

1682  Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France on April - 09.  

1691  On April - 09 french troops occupy Mons  

1716  On this day in history johann Georg Zechner, composer  

1717  Georg Matthias Monn, composer on April - 09.  

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

1747  Lord Lovat, English jacobiet, dies on April - 09.  

1751  Emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann Schickeneder], German playwright [or 9/1] on this day in history.  

1754  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer on April - 09.  

1754  Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1757  On April - 09 wojciech Boguslawski, composer  

1761  William Law, theologian, dies on April - 09.  

1765  On April - 09 maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77  

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

1770  On April - 09 capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)  

1773  On this day in history Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824  

1783  Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India on this day in history.  

1785  Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician/chemist (electric car 1835) on this day in history.  

1789  House of Representives first meeting on this day in history.  

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

1798  On April - 09 giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano  

1802  On this day in history french Protestant church becomes state-supported &-controlled  

1804  On April - 09 jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies  

1806  Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer on April - 09.  

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 April - 09.  

1808  On April - 09 mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace  

1812  Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887 on this day in history.  

1814  Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance on April - 09.  

1816  On this day in history african Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila)  

1821  The birth of Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet on this day in history.  

1821  On April - 09 charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil)  

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

1826  On this day in history thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885  

1829  Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 on this day in history.  

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1336  On this day in history birth of tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405)  

1498  John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550) was born on April - 09.  

1597  On April - 09 birth of john Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670)  

1611  On this day in history birth of giacomo Maria Predieri, composer  

1627  Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer was born on this day in history.  

1634  On this day in history birth of albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau  

1648  Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720) was born on April - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

0491  On April - 09 death of zeno, Byzantine Emperor  

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on this day in history.  

1024  Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies on April - 09.  

1137  Death of William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099) on this day in history.  

1483  Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38 on this day in history.  

1484  On this day in history death of edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)  

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