Today in History for April 1794
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Historical Events
Events 1 - 2 of 2
21st - NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British
30th - The Battle of Boulou is fought, in which French forces defeated the Spanish under General Union.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 7 of 7
9th - Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (d. 1881)
10th - Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
11th - Edward Everett, Dorchester Mass, (Gov-Mass), statesman/orator
12th - Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)
15th - Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867)
17th - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (d. 1868)
23rd - Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 6 of 6
5th - Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34
8th - Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies
13th - Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (b. 1741)
18th - Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
23rd - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)
27th - William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47
