Historical Events In April - 24

1766  On April - 24 robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington on April - 24.   

1773  Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84   

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) on April - 24.   

1792  "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle on April - 24.   

1792  "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle on this day in history.   

1796  On April - 24 k L Immermann, writer   

1800  On this day in history library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation   

1800  On April - 24 library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation   

1801  1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" on April - 24.   

1804  Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) on this day in history.   

1807  On April - 24 charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire on April - 24.   

1815  On April - 24 anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

1822  On April - 24 erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1823  On April - 24 eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris   

1824  On April - 24 fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

1824  On April - 24 herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

1827  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1828  On April - 24 robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1829  On April - 24 george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

1833  On April - 24 jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain.   

1833  On April - 24 patent granted for first soda fountain   

1833  On this day in history jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain   

1836  On this day in history jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist   

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) on this day in history.   

1845  Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) on April - 24.   

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)   

1850  Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1851  On April - 24 eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)   

1854  On this day in history austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi"   

1855  Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.   

0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.