Historical Events In April - 24

1766  Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) on April - 24.   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington on April - 24.   

1773  On April - 24 harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director   

1776  On April - 24 carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84   

1791  On this day in history nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

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

1792  On April - 24 "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 April - 24.   

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

1804  Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) on this day in history.   

1807  Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

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

1815  On April - 24 anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

1822  On April - 24 erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

1824  On April - 24 fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

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

1827  On April - 24 pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

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  On this day in history patent granted for first soda fountain   

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

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 April - 24 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.