Page 3: Historical Events In April - 04

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 on April - 04.   

1821  On this day in history linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

1823  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1828  On this day in history casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)   

1828  On this day in history margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)   

1831  On this day in history edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

1832  On April - 04 charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro   

1832  On April - 04 jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)   

1836  On April - 04 jerome Hopkins, composer   

1841  On this day in history william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68   

1843  Hans Richter, composer on April - 04.   

1844  Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1850  On April - 04 city of Los Angeles incorporated   

1853  On this day in history tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln   

1854  Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai on April - 04.   

1858  On this day in history asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence)   

1858  R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso on April - 04.   

1859  On April - 04 the opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France)   

1859  Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) on April - 04.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Yorktown begins   

1862  US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond on April - 04.   

1862  On this day in history harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45   

1864  Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas on April - 04.   

1865  On this day in history lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse   

1866  On this day in history alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.   

1866  George P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop) on this day in history.   

1870  Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800 on April - 04.   

1870  Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800 on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history george A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church   

1872  On April - 04 nikolai Amani, composer   

1875  On April - 04 jozef Szulc, composer   

1876  Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow) on April - 04.   

1879  Gabriel Groulez, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On April - 04 charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)   

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0186  On April - 04 birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.   

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

0397  On this day in history ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.   

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on April - 04.   

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1292  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.