Page 3: Historical Events In April - 24

1856  Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

1863  Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid)   

1864  George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20)   

1865  Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation (SF)   

1866  Victoria BC is connected to British Columbia mainland via cable and telegraph   

1867  Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars.   

1867  In Manhattan, Kansas a 5.1 quake is the largest historical earthquake in Kansas.   

1867  Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)   

1872  Volcano Vesuvius erupts   

1873  Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president.   

1874  John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial).   

1875  Jeno Huszka, composer.   

1875  Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58   

1877  Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans).   

1877  Charles Cuvillier, composer.   

1880  Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England.   

1883  28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair.   

1883  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]   

1884  National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta)   

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer   

1888  Eastman Kodak forms.   

1889  [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45).   

1891  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem".   

1891  Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies   

1892  Jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)   

1893  Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)   

1894  French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18   

1895  Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat   

1895  S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner.   

1897  The inaugural journalist to be named White House news reporter was William Price, who began working the prestigious beat for the "Washington Star" this day   

1897  1st reporter, William Price (Wash Star), assigned to White House   

1897  Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)   

1898  Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba   

1899  Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid.   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.   

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

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

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.   

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered