Page 3: Historical Events In April - 14

1831  On April - 14 gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia   

1832  James Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history congress forms Territory of Wisconsin   

1841  On April - 14 edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published   

1842  Sven August Korling, composer on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history gustave Leon Huberti, composer   

1843  Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42 on April - 14.   

1847  On April - 14 persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum   

1849  On April - 14 hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader.   

1852  Henrique Oswald, composer on April - 14.   

1853  On April - 14 harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape   

1857  On this day in history edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)   

1860  On April - 14 pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo   

1860  1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on April - 14.   

1861  Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Ft Pillow TN on this day in history.   

1862  On April - 14 pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)   

1863  On this day in history william Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press   

1865  On April - 14 john Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"   

1865  On April - 14 john Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln   

1865  Mobile, Alabama is captured on April - 14.   

1865  On April - 14 pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth   

1866  On April - 14 anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller   

1868  On April - 14 south Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228   

1868  On April - 14 sC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228   

1870  Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912) on April - 14.   

1871  Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act   

1873  Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer on this day in history.   

1874  Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada) on April - 14.   

1874  On this day in history hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86   

1876  Murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910) on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar   

1879  On this day in history james Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)   

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1336  Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) was born on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history birth of adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)   

1578  On April - 14 birth of philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)   

1592  On this day in history birth of abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1629  Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) was born on this day in history.   

1668  Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer   

1710  On this day in history birth of marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer   

0711  On April - 14 childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27   

0911  On this day in history sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies   

1099  On this day in history death of conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death   

1132  On April - 14 death of mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076)   

1240  Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies on April - 14.   

1279  Death of Boleslaus of Greater Poland on this day in history.   

1322  Death of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275) on this day in history.   

1345  On April - 14 death of richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287)