Page 2: Historical Events In April - 21
Thursday, 30 January 2025
1775 Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare) on April - 21.
1779 William Knyvett, composer on April - 21.
1780 On April - 21 ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60
1782 On this day in history the birth of Friedrich Froebel, German educationalist
1785 Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges on April - 21.
1789 On this day in history john Adams sworn in as first US Vice President, 9 days before Washington is sworn in as president
1789 John Adams sworn in as first US VP (9 days before Washington) on this day in history.
1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington) on this day in history.
1792 On April - 21 tiradentes, a revolutionary who was leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
1794 NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British on April - 21.
1795 On April - 21 vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint
1803 On April - 21 levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
1806 On this day in history peter van Schendel, Dutch painter
1809 On this day in history robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)
1814 On this day in history beni Egressy, composer
1816 On this day in history the birth of Charlotte Bronte, British writer
1816 Charlotte Bronte, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre) on April - 21.
1818 Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna on this day in history.
1824 Anselmo Clave, composer on April - 21.
1828 On this day in history noah Webster publishes first American dictionary
1828 On April - 21 noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
1828 On this day in history hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy)
1834 On this day in history william Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1836 On April - 21 battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from M‚xico
1836 On April - 21 battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico
1837 On April - 21 fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)
1838 The birth of John Muir, American naturalist on April - 21.
1838 John Muir, US, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras) on this day in history.
1840 On this day in history franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
1849 On this day in history oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization
1853 On this day in history charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer
1854 On this day in history eusapia Palladino, Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons
1855 First train crosses Miss River's first bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history 1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
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