Historical Events In April - 04

1820  On this day in history charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891   

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 April - 04 margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)   

1831  Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on this day in history.   

1832  Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro on this day in history.   

1832  Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido) on April - 04.   

1836  On April - 04 jerome Hopkins, composer   

1841  On April - 04 william Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68   

1843  Hans Richter, composer on this day in history.   

1844  On April - 04 charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80   

1850  City of Los Angeles incorporated on April - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1858  R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso on this day in history.   

1859  The opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France) on this day in history.   

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

1862  On this day in history battle of Yorktown begins   

1862  On April - 04 uS begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond   

1862  On this day in history harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45   

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

1865  Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse on April - 04.   

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 April - 04.   

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

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

1870  On April - 04 george A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church   

1872  Nikolai Amani, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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0186  On April - 04 birth of caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)   

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

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

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

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  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

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

1229  On April - 04 hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

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

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on April - 04.   

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