Page 2: Historical Events In April - 24

1766  Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) on this day in history.   

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

1773  On April - 24 harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director   

1776  Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1791  On April - 24 nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

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 this day in history k L Immermann, writer   

1800  Library of Congress established with $5,000 allocation on this day in history.   

1800  Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation on this day in history.   

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

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

1807  On this day in history charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

1822  Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger on April - 24.   

1824  On this day in history herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

1827  On this day in history pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82   

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

1829  On this day in history 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 this day in history patent granted for first soda fountain   

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

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

1837  On this day in history friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

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

1848  Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69 on April - 24.   

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 April - 24.   

1851  Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) on this day in history.   

1854  On April - 24 austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi"   

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

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

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

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

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

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver   

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

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer   

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

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 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 this day in history.