Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

1766  On April - 24 robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)   

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

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

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

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) on April - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1804  On April - 24 thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)   

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

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  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger on April - 24.   

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

1827  On this day in history 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  Jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain on April - 24.   

1833  On April - 24 patent granted for first soda fountain   

1833  On this day in history jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain   

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

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

1845  On this day in history carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

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

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) on April - 24.   

1850  On this day in history louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70   

1851  Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) on April - 24.   

1854  On this day in history austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi"   

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  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

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

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.