Historical Events In April - 24

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

1769  On this day in history arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington  

1773  On this day in history harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director  

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on April - 24.  

1791  On this day in history 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  K L Immermann, writer on April - 24.  

1800  Library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation on this day in history.  

1800  On April - 24 library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation  

1801  1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" on this day in history.  

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

1807  Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on April - 24.  

1814  On April - 24 angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire  

1815  On this day in history anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)  

1822  On this day in history erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1823  Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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

1824  On this day in history herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71  

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on April - 24.  

1828  On April - 24 robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1829  George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on April - 24.  

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

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

1833  On April - 24 jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain  

1836  On this day in history jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist  

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) on April - 24.  

1845  Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) on April - 24.  

1848  On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69  

1849  On April - 24 joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)  

1850  On this day in history louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70  

1851  On April - 24 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  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver  

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

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer  

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury  

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.  

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89  

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies  

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.  

1338  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)  

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies  

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered