Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

1766  Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) on April - 24.   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director   

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on April - 24.   

1791  On this day in history nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

1792  "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle on this day in history.   

1792  "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history k L Immermann, writer   

1800  On this day in history library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation   

1800  Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation on this day in history.   

1801  1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" on this day in history.   

1804  Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) on this day in history.   

1807  Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on April - 24.   

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire on April - 24.   

1815  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) on April - 24.   

1822  Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris   

1824  On April - 24 fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on April - 24.   

1827  On this day in history pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

1828  On April - 24 robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1829  On April - 24 george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

1833  On April - 24 jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain.   

1833  Patent granted for first soda fountain on this day in history.   

1833  Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain on April - 24.   

1836  On this day in history jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist   

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) on this day in history.   

1845  Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) on this day in history.   

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on April - 24.   

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) on this day in history.   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on April - 24.   

1851  Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi"   

1855  On this day in history walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75   

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1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  On April - 24 birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

1706  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.