Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1796  K L Immermann, writer on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation   

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

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

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

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

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 April - 24 fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

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

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 April - 24.   

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  Patent granted for first soda fountain on this day in history.   

1833  Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain on April - 24.   

1836  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

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

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

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) on this day in history.   

1850  On April - 24 louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70   

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 this day in history.   

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

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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

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

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

0729  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.