Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-30
MARCH 81.

aSs -beethoNcn died. born 1I1O.
lSbo.-Jchn Caldwell Calhoun. Amer
lean statesman, died ia Washing
ton; born In the Abbeyvllc Is.
e, district 1852.
1SS7-oIohn Godfrey Sake humorous
poet died In Albany; born 1916.
lssO-Admiral stephen Clegg Rowan,
u 3. n. died In Washington,
born IN Ireland 1908, Rowan dis
tinguishod himself early In the
war by deshlng into the harbor OF
of Elizabeth City, N. c.. with a
nOndescript ftotila, consisting OF
12 vessels rugged for war out OF
old ferryboats. tugs and river
steamers
1906--The International conference on
Moroccan affairs ut Algcctras
came TO agreement upon all points
in dispute between Germany and
France.
APRIL 4.
l405--Sultan TImour, or Tamerlane,
conqueror OF Persia died.
157S-WilItaIn Harvey who discov-
cred the circulation OF the blood.
born at FoIkestone: died 1861.
DIR. Harvey was a practising ply
stefan in London devoted 10 the
study of anatomy and surgery.
He discovered the circulation of
the blood in the course of his in
designations but the theory was
at first rejected by the medical
fraternity. and the DOCTORS prac-
tise suffered In consequence.
1S15-Otto Edward Leopold Won Bis
mark, the Iron Chancellor"
born in Nragdeburg district. Pris-
Sian; died 1898.
1s26-Reeinald Heber. bishop OF CAL
eutta and author OF From
Greenland's Icy Mountains" and
other hymns, died at Trichin opoli;
born 1883.
lSs7-Rear Admiral John III. Russell
u s. N, retired, died In Wash
5ngton; born 1927.
1SO2--Thomss Dunn English, poet and
politician, author OF Ben Bolt, I"
died at Newark N. j.; born 1919.
APRIL 2.
1TO2--Jean, Bart, famous French nav
al hero, died Bart was the pO-
neer of guerilla warfare at sea.
lV4S-Thonas Jefferson born at Shad-
we'll Albemarle county, Va;
died 1926
1S65-Richard Golden, called in Eng
land ''the friend OF America, ="
died; born 1904, He was emil
nent also as q free trader, Cob
den was the son of a small land
owner He became a large manu-
facturer. advocated free trade
peace and other radical measures
He negotiated all important conn
mercaal treaty with France and
was one of the few eminent Brit
ish statesmen who favored the
north In the Civil war.
1S72--Professor Samuel Finley Breese
Morse, inventor OF the magnetic
telegraph. died In New York,
born at Charlestown Mass, l79l.
1eO5-TunneI at Sitnplcn pass, in the
Alps. the longest In the world, In
.Ns.1 l..s4 ,f,.z. &c d.
from the Swiss and italian sid es.
APRIL 5.
1TT5-Simon Kenton, pioneer of Ken
lucky and Ohio. born i'm Fauquier
county, Va; died 1886. Kenton
was one OF Daniel Boone's conf
patriots in the settlement OF Ken
from Indian f0rays, He served
also as soldier In the war of
1912.
I7S9-Washinston IRVING author,
born In New York city; died 1859.
l7ss-Charles WiIks, u s. ~, hero OF
the Trent San Jacinto affair, born
In New York city; died 1877.
1s62--Adniral Sir James Clark Ross.
arctic navigator and discoverer OF
Victoria Land. died; born 1900
Sir jam es served with his uncle.
Sir john Ross in the first voyage
OF the latter to discover the north
west passage, 1878 In 1889 he
was appointed commander of the
Erebus and Terror expedition to
the antarctic regions.
1897 y ohannes Brahms, well known
musical composer, died in Vienna;
born 1888,
1901 cseph Louis Francois Bert
rand. noted French writer and
scientist, died In Pariss born 1S22
APRIL 4.
1174-Oliver Goldsmith. poet and mis-
cellaneous writer, died In London,
born In Ireland 172S-
ls41-Presfden William Henry Har-
rison died
1Ss5-President Lincoln entered Rich
mond. The president was with
Grant at Petersburg when word
came OF the fall OF Richmond.
He went there Immediately. and
almost his first act was to visit
the quarters of the fugitive presi-
dent OF the Confederacy.
1so0-osman Pasha, Turkish hero of
Plevna, died at Constantinople;
born 1885.
1so5-Ea rthquake In India which af-
fected an area of 700 square
miles, rendering every building in
the district unInhabltable; 1900
deaths reported.
AVVo---'re1ieIhl BlaIlCO, last captain
general of Cuba, died In Madrid:
born 1S32.
APRIL 3.
16S5--Catherine of Russia was born;
died 1727s empress l725- Rus
sta's FIRST Catherine was NOT Cath
crime the Great Catherine sue
ceeded Peter the Great I'm 1725
and reisned two years. Her life
story is obscure and seems to have
been romantic. AS The wife of a
Swedish Snbaltarn Peter the Great
was attracted 10 her by her beauty
and In 17l1 acknowledged her as
his Wife. She accompanied him
on his Turkish campaign and rem
dered important service as a dip
lOmatist. He caused her to be
crowned empress In 1924.
1SS7-Henrt Duplin, called the s'Fath-
er OF French DramatIsts" and
author OF 200 plays, died; born
1871.
1Ss5-Thompso McDaniels. a veteran
OF the Black Hawk war, also n
pioneer settler OF Kansas. died,