Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

1766  Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) on this day in history.   

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

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

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) on this day in history.   

1792  On April - 24 "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle   

1792  On April - 24 "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle   

1796  K L Immermann, writer on this day in history.   

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

1800  Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation on April - 24.   

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

1804  On this day in history thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)   

1807  On this day in history charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire on this day in history.   

1815  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) on this day in history.   

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

1823  Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger on this day in history.   

1824  On April - 24 herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

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

1828  Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on April - 24.   

1829  George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on April - 24.   

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  On this day in history jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain   

1836  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist on April - 24.   

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) on April - 24.   

1845  On this day in history carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

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

1849  On April - 24 joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)   

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  Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on April - 24.   

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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.   

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

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

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

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.