Historical Events In April - 19

1739  Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

1768  Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist on April - 19.  

1768  On April - 19 filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70  

1770  On April - 19 amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname  

1770  Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1771  On April - 19 giuseppe Cartufo, composer  

1772  David Ricardo, economist on this day in history.  

1772  Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66 on April - 19.  

1773  On this day in history florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43  

1774  On this day in history cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris  

1775  Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world" on this day in history.  

1775  Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon. A shot is fired and the American revolution begins at the Lexington Common. That was the "shot heard round the world" on this day in history.  

1775  Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon on April - 19.  

1776  On this day in history jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78  

1782  On this day in history netherlands recognizes US  

1783  On this day in history george Washington proclaims end of hostilities  

1785  Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer on April - 19.  

1791  On April - 19 richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies  

1795  Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist on April - 19.  

1798  On April - 19 franz Joseph Glaser, composer  

1799  Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1801  On April - 19 gustav T Fechner, [Dr Mises], German philosopher/physicist  

1810  On April - 19 venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.  

1813  On April - 19 benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67  

1817  John Philip, painter on April - 19.  

1821  On this day in history mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1896  

1824  George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36 on April - 19.  

1825  33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay on April - 19.  

1830  Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit on this day in history.  

1832  Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904) on this day in history.  

1836  On April - 19 nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St Petersburg  

1837  On this day in history cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth  

1839  On April - 19 treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom  

1839  On April - 19 treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy  

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1320  On April - 19 birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)  

1603  On April - 19 birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)  

1605  On this day in history birth of orazio Benevoli, composer  

1658  Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.  

1660  Sebastian Duron, composer was born on this day in history.  

1665  On this day in history birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)  

1686  On April - 19 birth of vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)  

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.  

0843  Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies on April - 19.  

1012  On this day in history death of alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)  

1044  Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies on April - 19.  

1054  On this day in history leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51  

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on April - 19.  

1529  On April - 19 john Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55  

1560  On this day in history philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63  

1567  On April - 19 michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79