Page 3: Historical Events In April - 04

1820  On April - 04 charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  On April - 04 linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

1823  On April - 04 karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1828  Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)   

1831  Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on April - 04.   

1832  Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro on April - 04.   

1832  On this day in history jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)   

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  On April - 04 hans Richter, composer   

1844  On April - 04 charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80   

1850  On April - 04 city of Los Angeles incorporated   

1853  On this day in history tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln   

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 this day in history.   

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

1859  The opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France) on this day in history.   

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

1862  Battle of Yorktown begins on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history uS begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond   

1862  On April - 04 harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45   

1864  On April - 04 skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas   

1865  On this day in history lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse   

1866  Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev on April - 04.   

1866  On April - 04 george P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)   

1870  Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800 on April - 04.   

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 April - 04.   

1872  Nikolai Amani, composer on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history jozef Szulc, composer   

1876  On April - 04 maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)   

1879  Gabriel Groulez, composer on April - 04.   

1881  On this day in history charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)   

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0186  On this day in history birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

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

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.   

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

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

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

0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

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  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.   

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