Historical Events In April - 09

1682  Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France on April - 09.   

1691  On April - 09 french troops occupy Mons   

1716  On April - 09 johann Georg Zechner, composer   

1717  On this day in history georg Matthias Monn, composer   

1724  1st Easter [NS=April 16] on April - 09.   

1747  Lord Lovat, English jacobiet, dies on April - 09.   

1751  Emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann Schickeneder], German playwright [or 9/1] on this day in history.   

1754  Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer on this day in history.   

1754  On April - 09 christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75   

1757  Wojciech Boguslawski, composer on this day in history.   

1761  On this day in history william Law, theologian, dies   

1765  On this day in history maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77   

1766  The first fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley &chain on April - 09.   

1770  On April - 09 capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)   

1773  On this day in history Étienne Aignan, French writer (d. 1824   

1783  Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India on this day in history.   

1785  Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician/chemist (electric car 1835) on April - 09.   

1789  House of Representives first meeting on April - 09.   

1793  On this day in history ernestus Weinrauch, composer, dies at 62   

1798  On this day in history giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano   

1802  French Protestant church becomes state-supported &-controlled on this day in history.   

1804  Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies on this day in history.   

1806  On April - 09 isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer   

1806  On this day in history willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 58   

1807  John Opie, Engl painter/illustrator: Shakespeare gallery, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1808  Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887   

1814  On this day in history elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance   

1816  African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila) on April - 09.   

1821  The birth of Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet on April - 09.   

1821  On April - 09 charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil)   

1821  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1826  On April - 09 thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885   

1829  On this day in history danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200   

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1336  Tamerlane (Timur), Central Asian, Turkic conqueror (d. 1405) was born on April - 09.   

1498  John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (d. 1550) was born on April - 09.   

1597  John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (d. 1670) was born on April - 09.   

1611  Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer was born on April - 09.   

1627  On April - 09 birth of johann Kaspar Kerll, composer   

1634  On April - 09 birth of albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau   

1648  On April - 09 birth of henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)   

1649  James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II was born on this day in history.   

0093  Death of Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty on this day in history.   

0491  On this day in history death of zeno, Byzantine Emperor   

0715  Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies on this day in history.   

1024  On this day in history benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies   

1137  Death of William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099) on this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38   

1484  Death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473) on April - 09.   

1492  On this day in history lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies