Historical Events In April - 24

1766  On April - 24 robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)   

1769  On April - 24 arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington   

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  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) on April - 24.   

1792  "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle on April - 24.   

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 April - 24.   

1800  Library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation on April - 24.   

1800  Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation on April - 24.   

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

1804  Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) on April - 24.   

1807  On this day in history charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1814  On April - 24 angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire   

1815  On this day in history anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

1822  On April - 24 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 April - 24.   

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on April - 24.   

1827  On April - 24 pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

1828  Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1829  George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on April - 24.   

1833  Jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain on April - 24.   

1833  Patent granted for first soda fountain on April - 24.   

1833  Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain on April - 24.   

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  Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) on April - 24.   

1848  On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69   

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

1850  On this day in history louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70   

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

1854  Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" on April - 24.   

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

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

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 April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

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

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.   

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

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

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