Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

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

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington on April - 24.   

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

1776  On this day in history carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84   

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

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

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

1796  On April - 24 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  On April - 24 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten"   

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

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

1814  On April - 24 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  On this day in history eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1833  On April - 24 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 April - 24.   

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  On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69   

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

1850  On this day in history louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70   

1851  On this day in history eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)   

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

1855  Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on April - 24.   

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

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

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

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

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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

0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.   

0729  On this day in history egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

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

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

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

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

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