Page 3: Historical Events In April - 04

1820  On this day in history charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) on April - 04.   

1823  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) on this day in history.   

1828  On April - 04 casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) on this day in history.   

1831  Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro   

1832  Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido) on April - 04.   

1836  On this day in history jerome Hopkins, composer   

1841  On this day in history william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68   

1843  Hans Richter, composer on this day in history.   

1844  Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1850  On April - 04 city of Los Angeles incorporated   

1853  Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on April - 04.   

1854  Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai on this day in history.   

1858  Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence) on April - 04.   

1858  On April - 04 r Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso   

1859  On this day in history the opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France)   

1859  Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Yorktown begins   

1862  US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond on April - 04.   

1862  Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45 on April - 04.   

1864  Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas on this day in history.   

1865  Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse on April - 04.   

1866  Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history george P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)   

1870  Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800 on this day in history.   

1870  Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800 on this day in history.   

1870  George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church on this day in history.   

1872  Nikolai Amani, composer on April - 04.   

1875  Jozef Szulc, composer on this day in history.   

1876  Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow) on April - 04.   

1879  On April - 04 gabriel Groulez, composer   

1881  Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls) on April - 04.   

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0186  On April - 04 birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.   

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on April - 04.   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on April - 04.   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.