Page 4: Historical Events In April - 04

1882  On this day in history mary Howe, composer   

1884  Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet on this day in history.   

1887  Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS)   

1888  Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose on April - 04.   

1889  Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot)   

1893  Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86 on April - 04.   

1895  Arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party) on April - 04.   

1896  On April - 04 announcement of Gold in the Yukon   

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

1896  On this day in history the birth of Tristan Tzara, French poet   

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

1896  On this day in history robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)   

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

1898  On April - 04 appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of ards and Docks   

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

1899  The birth of Duke Ellington, American band leader on this day in history.   

1899  On April - 04 william Brann, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23)   

1900  On this day in history assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII   

1900  On April - 04 british garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet   

1900  Edward VII, King, assassinated on this day in history.   

1901  On April - 04 carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show)   

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

1902  On this day in history cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million   

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

1902  Louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage) on April - 04.   

1905  Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000 on this day in history.   

1905  In Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19,000 deaths on April - 04.   

1905  On this day in history earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000   

1905  On April - 04 eugene Bozza, composer   

1905  On April - 04 constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73   

1906  On this day in history bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction)   

1907  On April - 04 nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963)   

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0186  On this day in history 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 April - 04.   

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

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

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

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

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

0636  On April - 04 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 April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

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

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

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.