Historical Events In April - 04

1820  On this day in history 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 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  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 April - 04 william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68  

1843  Hans Richter, composer on April - 04.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1859  The opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France) on April - 04.  

1859  On April - 04 opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris)  

1862  On this day in history battle of Yorktown begins  

1862  On April - 04 uS begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond  

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

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas  

1865  Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse on this day in history.  

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

1866  George P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop) on this day in history.  

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

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  Nikolai Amani, composer on April - 04.  

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

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.  

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

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

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

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.  

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.  

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

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

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

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  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  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 this day in history.