Page 3: Historical Events In April - 04

1820  On April - 04 charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

1821  On April - 04 linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

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 April - 04.   

1831  Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on April - 04.   

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

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

1836  On April - 04 jerome Hopkins, composer   

1841  On April - 04 william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68   

1843  Hans Richter, composer on this day in history.   

1844  Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on April - 04.   

1850  City of Los Angeles incorporated on April - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1858  Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence) on this day in history.   

1858  R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso on this day in history.   

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

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

1862  Battle of Yorktown begins on April - 04.   

1862  On this day in history uS begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond   

1862  Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1864  On April - 04 skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas   

1865  Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse on this day in history.   

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

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

1870  On April - 04 golden Gate Park established by City Order #800   

1870  On April - 04 golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800   

1870  George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history nikolai Amani, composer   

1875  Jozef Szulc, composer on this day in history.   

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

1879  On this day in history gabriel Groulez, composer   

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

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0186  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on April - 04.   

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

1688  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

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

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

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