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: William i of orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo gonzaga: Composer   

1581  Vincent de paul: French saint   

1594  Benedikt lechler: Composer   

1620  John graunt: Statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  Cornelis dusart: Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  Christian ludwig boxberg: Composer   

1706  Giovanni battista martini: Composer   

0624  Death of Mellitus: Third archbishop of canterbury   

0709  Death of Wilfried: Bishop of york,   

0729  Egbert[us]: English bishop/saint,   

1077  Geza i: King of hungary (1074-7),   

1185  Death of Antoku taira: Emperor of japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Marquis theodore i of montferrat: Marquis theodore i of montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  Jacopo sannazaro: Italian poet (de partu virginis),   

1617  Carlo concino: French marquis of ancre/state advisor, murdered