Historical Events In April - 19

1739  Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies on April - 19.  

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  On this day in history esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74  

1771  Giuseppe Cartufo, composer on April - 19.  

1772  On April - 19 david Ricardo, economist  

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

1773  On April - 19 florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43  

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

1775  On April - 19 minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"  

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  On this day in history minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon  

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

1782  Netherlands recognizes US on this day in history.  

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

1785  On this day in history alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer  

1791  Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies on April - 19.  

1795  On this day in history christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist  

1798  Franz Joseph Glaser, composer on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78  

1801  On this day in history gustav T Fechner, [Dr Mises], German philosopher/physicist  

1810  Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed on this day in history.  

1813  Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1817  John Philip, painter on April - 19.  

1821  Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on April - 19.  

1824  George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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

1830  On this day in history rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit  

1832  On this day in history jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904)  

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  Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom on this day in history.  

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

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1320  Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67) was born on this day in history.  

1603  On this day in history birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)  

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

1658  On April - 19 birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)  

1660  On this day in history birth of sebastian Duron, composer  

1665  On April - 19 birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)  

1686  On this day in history birth of vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)  

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on April - 19.  

0843  Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies on this day in history.  

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

1044  On April - 19 gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies  

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  John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 on this day in history.  

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79