Historical Events In December - 04

1832  On this day in history french army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp   

1833  American Anti-Slavery Society organizes on December - 04.   

1833  On December - 04 american Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila   

1835  Samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh) on December - 04.   

1836  Whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg, Pa on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa   

1836  Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 on December - 04.   

1838  Melesio Morales, composer on this day in history.   

1843  Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history james K Polk elected 11th president of US   

1851  Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)   

1861  On this day in history lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)   

1863  On this day in history storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces   

1864  On this day in history romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law   

1864  On this day in history battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA   

1865  Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse (WW I) on this day in history.   

1866  Vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration) on this day in history.   

1867  Grange organized to protect farm interests on December - 04.   

1868  On this day in history richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter   

1872  On this day in history the ship Mary Celeste was found adrift with crew missing   

1874  On this day in history jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)   

1875  On this day in history the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer   

1875  On December - 04 william Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail   

1875  On this day in history r M Rilke, writer   

1876  On this day in history dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)   

1879  Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer on December - 04.   

1881  The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published on December - 04.   

1881  On this day in history erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

1884  On this day in history alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45   

1888  On this day in history aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)   

1889  On December - 04 stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean   

1889  Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse) on this day in history.   

1890  Willem III, Dutch king, buried on this day in history.   

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1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  On December - 04 death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  On December - 04 lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  On December - 04 henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.