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 April - 24.   

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

1776  On this day in history 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  "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  Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation on April - 24.   

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

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

1815  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) on this day in history.   

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

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

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history 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  On this day in history george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

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  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

1706  On April - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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 April - 24.