Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

1766  On April - 24 robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington on this day in history.   

1773  Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director on April - 24.   

1776  On this day in history carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84   

1791  On April - 24 nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

1792  "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle on April - 24.   

1792  "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle on April - 24.   

1796  On April - 24 k L Immermann, writer   

1800  Library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation on April - 24.   

1800  Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation on April - 24.   

1801  1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" on April - 24.   

1804  On April - 24 thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)   

1807  On April - 24 charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire on April - 24.   

1815  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) on this day in history.   

1822  Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 24.   

1823  On this day in history eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris   

1824  On this day in history fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on April - 24.   

1827  On this day in history pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

1828  Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1829  George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on this day in history.   

1833  Jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain on April - 24.   

1833  Patent granted for first soda fountain on April - 24.   

1833  On this day in history jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain   

1836  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist on April - 24.   

1837  On April - 24 friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

1845  On this day in history carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on April - 24.   

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) on April - 24.   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)   

1854  On April - 24 austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi"   

1855  Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on April - 24.   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.   

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.   

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered