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

1828  On this day in history casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)   

1828  On April - 04 margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)   

1831  On this day in history edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

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

1832  Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido) on this day in history.   

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 April - 04.   

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

1850  On April - 04 city of Los Angeles incorporated   

1853  Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.   

1854  On April - 04 sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai   

1858  On this day in history asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence)   

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

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  On this day in history golden Gate Park established by City Order #800   

1870  On this day in history golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800   

1870  George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church on April - 04.   

1872  On this day in history nikolai Amani, composer   

1875  Jozef Szulc, composer on this day in history.   

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

1879  Gabriel Groulez, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On April - 04 charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)   

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

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

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

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on April - 04.   

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

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  On April - 04 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 this day in history.   

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.