Page 3: Historical Events In April - 14
Tuesday, 07 October 2025
1831 On this day in history gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia
1832 On April - 14 james Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1836 Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin on April - 14.
1841 On April - 14 edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published
1842 Sven August Korling, composer on this day in history.
1843 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer on this day in history.
1843 On April - 14 joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42
1847 On April - 14 persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum
1849 Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader on this day in history.
1852 Henrique Oswald, composer on this day in history.
1853 Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape on this day in history.
1857 Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver) on this day in history.
1860 Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on this day in history.
1860 On this day in history 1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo
1861 On this day in history formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter
1862 On April - 14 battle of Ft Pillow TN
1862 On this day in history pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)
1863 William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press on April - 14.
1865 On this day in history john Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"
1865 On April - 14 john Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln
1865 On this day in history mobile, Alabama is captured
1865 On this day in history pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
1866 Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller on this day in history.
1868 South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 on this day in history.
1868 On this day in history sC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
1870 Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912) on April - 14.
1871 Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills on April - 14.
1872 On April - 14 dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
1873 On this day in history viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer
1874 On April - 14 count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada)
1874 On April - 14 hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86
1876 Murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910) on this day in history.
1877 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar on this day in history.
1879 On this day in history james Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)
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