Page 4: Historical Events In April - 04

1882  Mary Howe, composer on April - 04.   

1884  On this day in history isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet   

1887  On this day in history susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS)   

1887  Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) on this day in history.   

1888  On April - 04 tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose   

1889  Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56 on April - 04.   

1892  Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot) on this day in history.   

1893  Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86 on April - 04.   

1895  On this day in history arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)   

1896  Announcement of Gold in the Yukon on April - 04.   

1896  On this day in history news of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world.   

1896  On this day in history the birth of Tristan Tzara, French poet   

1896  On April - 04 announcement of Gold in Yukon   

1896  Robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight) on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion)   

1898  On this day in history appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of ards and Docks   

1899  South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11) on April - 04.   

1899  The birth of Duke Ellington, American band leader on April - 04.   

1899  On this day in history william Brann, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23)   

1900  On April - 04 assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII   

1900  British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet on April - 04.   

1900  Edward VII, King, assassinated on April - 04.   

1901  Carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show) on April - 04.   

1902  On this day in history british financier Cecil Rhodes leaves $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Empire and American students at Oxford University.   

1902  On April - 04 cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million   

1902  Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million on April - 04.   

1902  Louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage) on this day in history.   

1905  Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000 on this day in history.   

1905  On April - 04 in Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19,000 deaths   

1905  Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 on this day in history.   

1905  On April - 04 eugene Bozza, composer   

1905  On this day in history constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73   

1906  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction) on April - 04.   

1907  On April - 04 nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963)   

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

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

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

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

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

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 April - 04 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1305  On April - 04 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