Page 3: Historical Events In April - 14

1831  On this day in history 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  On April - 14 edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published   

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 April - 14.   

1847  On this day in history persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum   

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  On this day in history harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape   

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

1860  On April - 14 pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo   

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 April - 14.   

1862  Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11) on April - 14.   

1863  William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press on this day in history.   

1865  John Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" on this day in history.   

1865  On April - 14 john Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln   

1865  Mobile, Alabama is captured on this day in history.   

1865  On April - 14 pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth   

1866  On April - 14 anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller   

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

1868  On April - 14 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  Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act on this day in history.   

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

1874  On April - 14 count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada)   

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

1876  On April - 14 murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910)   

1877  Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar on this day in history.   

1879  James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads) on this day in history.   

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

1572  Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

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

1592  On this day in history birth of abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1629  Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) was born on April - 14.   

1668  Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.   

1676  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer was born on April - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

0911  On this day in history sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies   

1099  Death of Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of boleslaus of Greater Poland   

1322  Death of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275) on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287) on this day in history.