Page 4: Historical Events In April - 04

1882  Mary Howe, composer on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet   

1887  On April - 04 susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS)   

1887  Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) on April - 04.   

1888  Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose on this day in history.   

1889  Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56 on April - 04.   

1892  On April - 04 cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot)   

1893  Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1895  On April - 04 arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)   

1896  Announcement of Gold in the Yukon on this day in history.   

1896  On April - 04 news of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world.   

1896  The birth of Tristan Tzara, French poet on this day in history.   

1896  Announcement of Gold in Yukon on April - 04.   

1896  Robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight) on April - 04.   

1897  Pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion) on this day in history.   

1898  Appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of ards and Docks on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history south Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)   

1899  On April - 04 the birth of Duke Ellington, American band leader   

1899  William Brann, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23) on this day in history.   

1900  Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII on April - 04.   

1900  On this day in history british garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet   

1900  On this day in history edward VII, King, assassinated   

1901  On this day in history carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show)   

1902  On April - 04 british financier Cecil Rhodes leaves $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Empire and American students at Oxford University.   

1902  Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million on April - 04.   

1902  Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage)   

1905  On April - 04 earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000   

1905  On April - 04 in Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19,000 deaths   

1905  Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 on April - 04.   

1905  On April - 04 eugene Bozza, composer   

1905  Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1906  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction) on April - 04.   

1907  On this day in history nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963)   

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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  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

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

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

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  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.