Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

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

1769  On April - 24 arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington   

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

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  On this day in history "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle   

1792  "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle on April - 24.   

1796  On this day in history k L Immermann, writer   

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

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

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

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

1807  On April - 24 charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

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

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

1822  Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

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

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on April - 24.   

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

1828  On this day in history robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1829  On April - 24 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 this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history patent granted for first soda fountain   

1833  Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain on this day in history.   

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

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) on this day in history.   

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

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on April - 24.   

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 this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

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

1670  On this day in history 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  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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

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.