Historical Events In April - 04

1882  Mary Howe, composer on this day in history.   

1884  Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet on April - 04.   

1887  On April - 04 susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS)   

1887  Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) on this day in history.   

1888  Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose on April - 04.   

1889  On this day in history thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56   

1892  Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot) on April - 04.   

1893  On April - 04 alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86   

1895  On April - 04 arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)   

1896  On April - 04 announcement of Gold in the Yukon   

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 April - 04.   

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

1896  On this day in history robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)   

1897  On April - 04 pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion)   

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

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

1899  The birth of Duke Ellington, American band leader on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history 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  On April - 04 british garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet   

1900  Edward VII, King, assassinated on April - 04.   

1901  Carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show) on April - 04.   

1902  British financier Cecil Rhodes leaves $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Empire and American students at Oxford University on April - 04.   

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

1902  On April - 04 cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million   

1902  On April - 04 louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage)   

1905  On April - 04 earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000   

1905  On April - 04 in Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19,000 deaths   

1905  Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 on this day in history.   

1905  Eugene Bozza, composer on this day in history.   

1905  Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73 on April - 04.   

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

1907  On April - 04 nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963)   

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

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1292  On April - 04 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  On April - 04 floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies