Historical Events In April - 24

1766  On this day in history robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)  

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington on April - 24.  

1773  Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director on this day in history.  

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1791  On April - 24 nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)  

1792  "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle on this day in history.  

1792  On April - 24 "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle  

1796  On this day in history k L Immermann, writer  

1800  Library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation on April - 24.  

1800  Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation on this day in history.  

1801  1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" on this day in history.  

1804  On April - 24 thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)  

1807  Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.  

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire on April - 24.  

1815  On April - 24 anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)  

1822  Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 24.  

1823  On April - 24 eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris  

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger on April - 24.  

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on April - 24.  

1828  On April - 24 robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1829  George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on April - 24.  

1833  Jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain on this day in history.  

1833  On April - 24 patent granted for first soda fountain  

1833  Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain on this day in history.  

1836  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist on April - 24.  

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) on this day in history.  

1845  On April - 24 carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)  

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on April - 24.  

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) on April - 24.  

1850  On this day in history louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70  

1851  On April - 24 eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)  

1854  Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" on this day in history.  

1855  On April - 24 walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75  

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.  

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.  

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.  

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.  

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.  

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer  

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.  

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.  

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.  

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies  

1185  On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns  

1338  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)  

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies  

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered