Historical Events In April - 04

1882  Mary Howe, composer on April - 04.   

1884  On April - 04 isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet   

1887  Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS) on April - 04.   

1887  Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) on April - 04.   

1888  On this day in history tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose   

1889  Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56 on April - 04.   

1892  On April - 04 cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot)   

1893  Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)   

1896  Announcement of Gold in the Yukon on this day in history.   

1896  News of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world on this day in history.   

1896  The birth of Tristan Tzara, French poet on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history announcement of Gold in Yukon   

1896  On April - 04 robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)   

1897  Pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion) on this day in history.   

1898  On April - 04 appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of ards and Docks   

1899  On this day in history south Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)   

1899  On April - 04 the birth of Duke Ellington, American band leader   

1899  On April - 04 william Brann, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23)   

1900  Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII on this day in history.   

1900  British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet on April - 04.   

1900  Edward VII, King, assassinated on this day in history.   

1901  Carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history british financier Cecil Rhodes leaves $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Empire and American students at Oxford University.   

1902  On this day in history cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million   

1902  On this day in history cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million   

1902  Louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage) on April - 04.   

1905  Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000 on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history in Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19,000 deaths   

1905  On this day in history earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000   

1905  On this day in history eugene Bozza, composer   

1905  On this day in history constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73   

1906  Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction) on April - 04.   

1907  Nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963) on this day in history.   

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.   

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.   

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0636  On April - 04 death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)   

0896  On this day in history formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  On this day in history nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On this day in history death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on April - 04.