Page 3: Historical Events In April - 04

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 on this day in history.   

1821  Linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock) on this day in history.   

1823  On April - 04 karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1828  Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) on this day in history.   

1828  Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) on April - 04.   

1831  Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on April - 04.   

1832  On April - 04 charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro   

1832  On this day in history jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)   

1836  Jerome Hopkins, composer on April - 04.   

1841  William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68 on April - 04.   

1843  Hans Richter, composer on April - 04.   

1844  Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on April - 04.   

1850  City of Los Angeles incorporated on this day in history.   

1853  Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on April - 04.   

1854  On this day in history sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai   

1858  Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence) on April - 04.   

1858  On this day in history r Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso   

1859  On April - 04 the opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France)   

1859  On April - 04 opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris)   

1862  On April - 04 battle of Yorktown begins   

1862  US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond on April - 04.   

1862  On April - 04 harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45   

1864  On April - 04 skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas   

1865  On April - 04 lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse   

1866  Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev on April - 04.   

1866  On April - 04 george P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)   

1870  Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800 on April - 04.   

1870  On April - 04 golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800   

1870  On this day in history george A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church   

1872  On April - 04 nikolai Amani, composer   

1875  Jozef Szulc, composer on April - 04.   

1876  Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow) on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history gabriel Groulez, composer   

1881  Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls) on April - 04.   

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.   

1492  On April - 04 birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

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

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

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

1648  On April - 04 birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver   

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

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

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

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies   

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)   

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies