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

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

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

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 April - 24.  

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire on this day in history.  

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

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

1823  Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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  On April - 24 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  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  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist on this day in history.  

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

1845  On April - 24 carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)  

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on April - 24.  

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

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1851  On this day in history eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)  

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

1855  On this day in history walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75  

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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.  

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

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

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89  

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.  

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns  

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  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered