Page 3: Historical Events In April - 04

1820  Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 on April - 04.   

1821  On April - 04 linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)   

1823  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

1828  On April - 04 casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)   

1828  On this day in history margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)   

1831  On this day in history edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

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

1832  Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido) on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history jerome Hopkins, composer   

1841  On this day in history william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68   

1843  Hans Richter, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln   

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 April - 04 r Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso   

1859  The opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France) on April - 04.   

1859  Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) on April - 04.   

1862  On this day in history 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  Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas on April - 04.   

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

1866  On this day in history alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.   

1866  George P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop) on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history golden Gate Park established by City Order #800   

1870  Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800 on this day in history.   

1870  George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church on this day in history.   

1872  Nikolai Amani, composer on April - 04.   

1875  On this day in history jozef Szulc, composer   

1876  On April - 04 maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)   

1879  Gabriel Groulez, composer on April - 04.   

1881  On this day in history charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)   

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

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)   

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

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 April - 04.   

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

0896  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies   

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.   

1284  Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 on April - 04.   

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

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies