Historical Events In April - 24

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

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 this day in history nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

1792  On this day in history "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  On April - 24 k L Immermann, writer   

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

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 April - 24.   

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

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

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

1823  Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris on April - 24.   

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

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

1827  On April - 24 pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

1828  On April - 24 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  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 April - 24.   

1837  On April - 24 friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

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 this day in history.   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

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

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  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

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

1338  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

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 this day in history.