Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

1766  Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) on this day in history.   

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

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

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

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

1792  On this day in history "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle   

1796  On April - 24 k L Immermann, writer   

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

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

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

1804  Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) on April - 24.   

1807  On this day in history charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1814  On this day in history angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire   

1815  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) on April - 24.   

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

1823  Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris on April - 24.   

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger on this day in history.   

1824  On April - 24 herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

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

1828  Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on April - 24.   

1829  On this day in history george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

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  Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain on April - 24.   

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

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

1845  On April - 24 carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

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

1849  On this day in history joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)   

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

1851  On April - 24 eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)   

1854  Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" on April - 24.   

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  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  On April - 24 birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

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

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

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

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

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