Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

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

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 this day in history.   

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) on this day in history.   

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

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

1796  K L Immermann, writer on April - 24.   

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

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

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

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

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

1823  On April - 24 eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris   

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

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain.   

1833  On April - 24 patent granted for first soda fountain   

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

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

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

1845  Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) on this day in history.   

1848  On April - 24 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 April - 24 louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70   

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

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

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

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

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

1706  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

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

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  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.   

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  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.