Historical Events In April - 14

1831  On April - 14 gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia   

1832  James Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 on this day in history.   

1836  Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin on April - 14.   

1841  Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published on this day in history.   

1842  Sven August Korling, composer on this day in history.   

1843  Gustave Leon Huberti, composer on this day in history.   

1843  Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42 on April - 14.   

1847  Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader.   

1852  Henrique Oswald, composer on April - 14.   

1853  Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)   

1860  Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on April - 14.   

1860  1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on April - 14.   

1861  On April - 14 formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter   

1862  Battle of Ft Pillow TN on this day in history.   

1862  Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11) on this day in history.   

1863  William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press on April - 14.   

1865  John Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" on April - 14.   

1865  On April - 14 john Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln   

1865  Mobile, Alabama is captured on April - 14.   

1865  Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth on April - 14.   

1866  Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller on April - 14.   

1868  On April - 14 south Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228   

1868  SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 on April - 14.   

1870  On April - 14 syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912)   

1871  On April - 14 canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills   

1872  Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act on April - 14.   

1873  Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar   

1879  On this day in history james Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)   

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1336  On April - 14 birth of emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374)   

1572  On this day in history birth of adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)   

1578  On April - 14 birth of philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)   

1592  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher was born on April - 14.   

1629  On April - 14 birth of christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)   

1668  On April - 14 birth of magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741)   

1676  On this day in history birth of ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer   

1710  On April - 14 birth of marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer   

0711  Childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27 on April - 14.   

0911  Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies on April - 14.   

1099  On this day in history death of conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death   

1132  On this day in history death of mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076)   

1240  On this day in history llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies   

1279  On this day in history death of boleslaus of Greater Poland   

1322  On this day in history death of bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275)   

1345  On this day in history death of richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287)