Page 3: Historical Events In April - 14

1831  On this day in history gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia   

1832  On April - 14 james Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882   

1836  Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin on April - 14.   

1841  On this day in history edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published   

1842  Sven August Korling, composer on this day in history.   

1843  On April - 14 gustave Leon Huberti, composer   

1843  Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1847  Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum on April - 14.   

1849  On this day in history hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader.   

1852  Henrique Oswald, composer on April - 14.   

1853  Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)   

1860  Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on this day in history.   

1860  1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on April - 14.   

1861  Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Ft Pillow TN on April - 14.   

1862  On this day in history pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)   

1863  William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press on April - 14.   

1865  On April - 14 john Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"   

1865  John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.   

1865  Mobile, Alabama is captured on this day in history.   

1865  Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth on this day in history.   

1866  Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller on this day in history.   

1868  South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 on this day in history.   

1868  SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 on April - 14.   

1870  On this day in history syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912)   

1871  Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills on April - 14.   

1872  On April - 14 dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act   

1873  Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer on this day in history.   

1874  Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada) on this day in history.   

1874  Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1876  On April - 14 murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910)   

1877  On this day in history daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar   

1879  On April - 14 james Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)   

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1336  Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) was born on April - 14.   

1572  On this day in history birth of adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)   

1578  On April - 14 birth of philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)   

1592  On April - 14 birth of abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1629  Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) was born on April - 14.   

1668  Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741) was born on April - 14.   

1676  On April - 14 birth of ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer   

1710  Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer was born on April - 14.   

0711  Childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27 on this day in history.   

0911  On this day in history sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies   

1099  On this day in history death of conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death   

1132  Death of Mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076) on April - 14.   

1240  Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies on this day in history.   

1279  On April - 14 death of boleslaus of Greater Poland   

1322  Death of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275) on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287) on this day in history.