Page 3: Historical Events In April - 04

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 on this day in history.   

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) on this day in history.   

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

1828  On April - 04 casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) on this day in history.   

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

1832  Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro on April - 04.   

1832  Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido) on this day in history.   

1836  On April - 04 jerome Hopkins, composer   

1841  William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68 on this day in history.   

1843  Hans Richter, composer on April - 04.   

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

1850  City of Los Angeles incorporated on this day in history.   

1853  On April - 04 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 April - 04 asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence)   

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

1859  On this day in history the opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France)   

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

1862  On April - 04 battle of Yorktown begins   

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

1862  Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45 on April - 04.   

1864  Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas on this day in history.   

1865  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 george P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)   

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

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

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

1872  On this day in history nikolai Amani, composer   

1875  Jozef Szulc, composer on April - 04.   

1876  On this day in history maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)   

1879  Gabriel Groulez, composer on this day in history.   

1881  Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls) on April - 04.   

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.   

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on April - 04.   

1572  On this day in history 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 April - 04.   

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on April - 04.   

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

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

1284  On April - 04 alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies