Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

1766  On this day in history robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington on this day in history.   

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

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on April - 24.   

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

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

1792  On April - 24 "La Marseillaise", which later becomes the French national anthem, composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle   

1796  On this day in history k L Immermann, writer   

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

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

1801  1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" on this day in history.   

1804  On April - 24 thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)   

1807  Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

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

1815  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1823  Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

1824  Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 24 pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

1828  Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on April - 24.   

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

1833  Jacob Ebert of Cadiz, OH and George Dulty of Wheeling, WV got together to patent the soda fountain on this day in history.   

1833  Patent granted for first soda fountain on this day in history.   

1833  Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent soda fountain on April - 24.   

1836  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist on this day in history.   

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

1845  On this day in history carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

1848  On this day in history francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69   

1849  On April - 24 joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)   

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

1851  Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) on April - 24.   

1854  Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75   

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1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

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