Historical Events In April - 14

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

1832  On April - 14 james Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882   

1836  Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin on April - 14.   

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

1842  Sven August Korling, composer on April - 14.   

1843  On April - 14 gustave Leon Huberti, composer   

1843  Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1847  Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum on April - 14.   

1849  Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader on this day in history.   

1852  On April - 14 henrique Oswald, composer   

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

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

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

1860  1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo on this day in history.   

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

1862  On this day in history battle of Ft Pillow TN   

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 this day in history john Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"   

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

1865  On this day in history mobile, Alabama is captured   

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

1866  On this day in history anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller   

1868  South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 on April - 14.   

1868  SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 on April - 14.   

1870  On this day in history syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912)   

1871  Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills on April - 14.   

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

1873  Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer on April - 14.   

1874  Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada) on this day in history.   

1874  Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86 on April - 14.   

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

1877  Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar on this day in history.   

1879  James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads) on this day in history.   

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

1572  Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621) was born on this day in history.   

1592  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher was born on April - 14.   

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

1668  On this day in history birth of magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741)   

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

1710  Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1099  On April - 14 death of conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death   

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

1240  On this day in history llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies   

1279  On April - 14 death of boleslaus of Greater Poland   

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

1345  Death of Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287) on April - 14.