Today in History for April 1852
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Months in 1852: January February March May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 3 of 3
19th - California Historical Society forms
29th - 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published
30th - Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St Petersburg
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 8 of 8
1st - Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)
11th - Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922)
12th - [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician
13th - F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. 1919)
14th - Henrique Oswald, composer
18th - George Clausen, painter
22nd - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
23rd - Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of American Acad of Poets Award 1937)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 5 of 5
2nd - Theodor Althaus, writer, dies
9th - John Howard Payne, actor/playwright (Fair Warning), dies
19th - Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69
21st - Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
24th - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
