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 April - 14.  

1836  On this day in history congress forms Territory of Wisconsin  

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  On this day in history gustave Leon Huberti, composer  

1843  Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1847  Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum on April - 14.  

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

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  On April - 14 edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)  

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

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

1861  Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history battle of Ft Pillow TN  

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

1863  On April - 14 william Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press  

1865  On April - 14 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  Mobile, Alabama is captured on this day in history.  

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 April - 14.  

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

1868  SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 on this day in history.  

1870  Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912) on this day in history.  

1871  Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills on April - 14.  

1872  Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act on this day in history.  

1873  On April - 14 viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer  

1874  Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada) on this day in history.  

1874  Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910)  

1877  Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar on April - 14.  

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

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1336  Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) was born on April - 14.  

1572  On April - 14 birth of adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)  

1578  Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621) was born on April - 14.  

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

1629  On this day in history 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  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer was born on April - 14.  

1710  Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer was born on April - 14.  

0711  On April - 14 childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27  

0911  Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies on this day in history.  

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

1132  Death of Mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076) on this day in history.  

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

1279  Death of Boleslaus of Greater Poland on April - 14.  

1322  Death of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275) on April - 14.  

1345  On April - 14 death of richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287)