Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

1766  On this day in history robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)   

1769  On this day in history arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington   

1773  Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director on April - 24.   

1776  On April - 24 carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84   

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) on April - 24.   

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 April - 24.   

1796  On April - 24 k L Immermann, writer   

1800  On April - 24 library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation   

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

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

1804  Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) on April - 24.   

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

1814  On this day in history angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire   

1815  On April - 24 anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

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 this day in history fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1828  On this day in history robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1829  George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain.   

1833  On this day in history patent granted for first soda fountain   

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

1836  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist on this day in history.   

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

1845  Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) on April - 24.   

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) on April - 24.   

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

1851  On April - 24 eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)   

1854  Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" on April - 24.   

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

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

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

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0709  On April - 24 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  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

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

1338  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered