Page 3: Historical Events In April - 14

1831  On this day in history gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia   

1832  On this day in history james Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882   

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 April - 14 gustave Leon Huberti, composer   

1843  On this day in history joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42   

1847  Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum on this day in history.   

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

1852  Henrique Oswald, composer on April - 14.   

1853  Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape on this day in history.   

1857  On April - 14 edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)   

1860  Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on this day in history.   

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

1861  On this day in history formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter   

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

1862  Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11) on this day in history.   

1863  William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press on April - 14.   

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

1865  John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.   

1865  On April - 14 mobile, Alabama is captured   

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

1866  Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller on this day in history.   

1868  South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills   

1872  Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act on April - 14.   

1873  On this day in history viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer   

1874  On April - 14 count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada)   

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

1876  On April - 14 murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910)   

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

1879  On April - 14 james Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)   

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1336  Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) was born on April - 14.   

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 April - 14 birth of abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1629  On April - 14 birth of christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)   

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

1676  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer was born on April - 14.   

1710  On April - 14 birth of marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer   

0711  On this day in history childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27   

0911  Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies on April - 14.   

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  On April - 14 llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies   

1279  Death of Boleslaus of Greater Poland on April - 14.   

1322  On April - 14 death of bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275)   

1345  Death of Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287) on this day in history.