Historical Events In April - 04

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

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) on this day in history.  

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

1831  On April - 04 edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898  

1832  Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro on this day in history.  

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

1836  On April - 04 jerome Hopkins, composer  

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

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1843  On April - 04 hans Richter, composer  

1844  Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on April - 04.  

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

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

1862  Battle of Yorktown begins on April - 04.  

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

1862  Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1864  On April - 04 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 April - 04.  

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

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

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

1870  On this day in history george A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church  

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 this day in history.  

1879  On April - 04 gabriel Groulez, composer  

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  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.  

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

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)  

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

0636  On this day in history 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  On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62  

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

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)  

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies