Historical Events In April - 14
Friday, 20 May 2022
1831 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia on April - 14.
1832 On April - 14 james Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1836 Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin on this day in history.
1841 On this day in history edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published
1842 On this day in history sven August Korling, composer
1843 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer on April - 14.
1843 On this day in history joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42
1847 On April - 14 persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum
1849 On this day in history hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader.
1852 Henrique Oswald, composer on this day in history.
1853 Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape on this day in history.
1857 On April - 14 edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)
1860 Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on this day in history.
1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on April - 14.
1861 Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter on this day in history.
1862 Battle of Ft Pillow TN on April - 14.
1862 On April - 14 pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)
1863 On April - 14 william Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press
1865 On this day in history john Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"
1865 John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.
1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured on this day in history.
1865 Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth on April - 14.
1866 Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller on April - 14.
1868 South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 on this day in history.
1868 On this day in history sC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
1870 Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912) on April - 14.
1871 On April - 14 canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills
1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act on this day in history.
1873 Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer on April - 14.
1874 Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada) on this day in history.
1874 Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86 on April - 14.
1876 Murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910) on April - 14.
1877 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar on April - 14.
1879 James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads) on this day in history.
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