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Monday, 23 February 2026
Apr 02 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph dies at 80. 
Apr 02 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
Apr 03 J C Watson discovers asteroid #119 Althaea
Apr 04 Nikolai Amani, composer.
Apr 07 William Monroe Trotter, famous African
Apr 09 Leon Blum, French premier (People's front govt).
Apr 09 Samuel R Percy patents dried milk
Apr 10 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans
Apr 10 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #120 Lachesis.
Apr 10 Arbor day inaugural celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22
Apr 12 Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1500)
Apr 13 A Roda Roda, writer.
Apr 14 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
Apr 20 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62.
Apr 20 SF Bar Association organized.
Apr 21 GW Bitzer, [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer], Roxbury MA
Apr 24 Volcano Vesuvius erupts.
Apr 25 Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
Apr 27 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70.
Apr 29 Eyvind Alnaes, composer
May 01 Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies.
May 02 G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC).
May 10 Victoria Woodhull is recorded as becoming 1st woman nominated for US president.
May 10 Victoria Woodhull is recorded as becoming inaugural woman nominated for US president.
May 15 Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87.
May 16 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time
May 16 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for inaugural time
May 17 Bohemian Club incorporated
May 17 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63.
May 18 Bertrand Russell, England, mathematician/philosopher (Nobel 1950).
May 18 Bertrand Russell, English philospher is born.
May 19 Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44.
May 21 Henry Warren, Boston Mass, inventor (Telechon electric clock).
May 22 Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500).
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