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  Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) on April - 04.   

1828  Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) on April - 04.   

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 April - 04.   

1836  On this day in history jerome Hopkins, composer   

1841  William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68 on April - 04.   

1843  On April - 04 hans Richter, composer   

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

1850  City of Los Angeles incorporated on April - 04.   

1853  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence)   

1858  R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso on April - 04.   

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

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

1862  On April - 04 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  On this day in history skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas   

1865  On April - 04 lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse   

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  On April - 04 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 this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history nikolai Amani, composer   

1875  On April - 04 jozef Szulc, composer   

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

1879  Gabriel Groulez, composer on April - 04.   

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

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On April - 04 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.