Historical Events In August - 04

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 04 first trans-Atlantic cable completed   

1859  On this day in history knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)   

1862  On this day in history uS govt collects its 1st income tax   

1864  On this day in history land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas   

1870  British Red Cross Society forms on August - 04.   

1870  Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashes for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed).   

1873  On August - 04 damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War   

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on August - 04.   

1879  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris on August - 04.   

1881  122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record) on this day in history.   

1881  122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record) on this day in history.   

1886  Colombia adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1888  Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75   

1890  Erich Weinert, writer on this day in history.   

1891  George Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England on this day in history.   

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.   

1892  On this day in history sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass   

1892  Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine on this day in history.   

1892  Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer on August - 04.   

1897  Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia on August - 04.   

1897  On August - 04 joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil)   

1900  The birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother2007 A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm on August - 04.   

1900  On August - 04 arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)   

1900  On this day in history the birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother   

1901  On this day in history louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)   

1902  On August - 04 the Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.   

1903  On August - 04 cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X   

1903  On August - 04 helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)   

1904  On August - 04 theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire)   

1904  On this day in history arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54   

1905  On August - 04 michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.   

1060  On August - 04 henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.   

1430  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded