Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

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

1769  On April - 24 arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington   

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

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

1791  On April - 24 nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

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

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

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

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

1804  On April - 24 thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)   

1807  On April - 24 charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

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

1815  On this day in history anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

1822  On this day in history erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger on April - 24.   

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

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on April - 24.   

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

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  On April - 24 friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

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

1850  On April - 24 louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70   

1851  Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) on April - 24.   

1854  Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" on this day in history.   

1855  Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

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 this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

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

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

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

1706  On April - 24 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  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

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

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