Page 2: Historical Events In April - 19

1739  Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1768  On April - 19 adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist   

1768  On April - 19 filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70   

1770  Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname on this day in history.   

1770  Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1771  On April - 19 giuseppe Cartufo, composer   

1772  David Ricardo, economist on this day in history.   

1772  Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66 on April - 19.   

1773  On April - 19 florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43   

1774  On April - 19 cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris   

1775  Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world" on this day in history.   

1775  Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon. A shot is fired and the American revolution begins at the Lexington Common. That was the "shot heard round the world" on this day in history.   

1775  Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon on April - 19.   

1776  On April - 19 jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78   

1782  On this day in history netherlands recognizes US   

1783  On this day in history george Washington proclaims end of hostilities   

1785  Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer on April - 19.   

1791  Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies on April - 19.   

1795  Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg, German zoologist on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history franz Joseph Glaser, composer   

1799  On this day in history pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies at 78   

1801  Gustav T Fechner, [Dr Mises], German philosopher/physicist on April - 19.   

1810  On April - 19 venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.   

1813  On April - 19 benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 67   

1817  John Philip, painter on April - 19.   

1821  Mortimer Dormer Leggett, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on April - 19.   

1824  On April - 19 george Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36   

1825  33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay on April - 19.   

1830  Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit on this day in history.   

1832  Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, mathematician/dramatist (Nobel 1904) on this day in history.   

1836  On April - 19 nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St Petersburg   

1837  Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom   

1839  On April - 19 treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy   

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1320  On this day in history birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)   

1603  Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Orazio Benevoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1658  On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)   

1660  On April - 19 birth of sebastian Duron, composer   

1665  Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750) was born on April - 19.   

1700  On this day in history birth of georg Abraham Schneider, composer   

0843  On April - 19 judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies   

1012  On April - 19 death of alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)   

1044  Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies on April - 19.   

1054  On this day in history leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51   

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.   

1529  John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1567  Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on this day in history.