Historical Events In April - 14
Thursday, 04 March 2021
1831 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history james Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1836 On this day in history congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
1841 Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published on this day in history.
1842 Sven August Korling, composer on April - 14.
1843 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer on this day in history.
1843 On this day in history joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42
1847 Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum on April - 14.
1849 Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader on April - 14.
1852 On April - 14 henrique Oswald, composer
1853 On April - 14 harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape
1857 Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver) on April - 14.
1860 On this day in history pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo
1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on April - 14.
1861 On April - 14 formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter
1862 Battle of Ft Pillow TN on this day in history.
1862 Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11) on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history 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 On April - 14 mobile, Alabama is captured
1865 Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth on April - 14.
1866 On April - 14 anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller
1868 On April - 14 south Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
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 this day in history canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills
1872 On this day in history dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
1873 On this day in history viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer
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 this day in history.
1876 On this day in history murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910)
1877 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar on this day in history.
1879 James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads) on this day in history.
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