Historical Events In June - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1756 Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania on this day in history.
1760 Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians on this day in history.
1763 On this day in history mackinaw Michigan, Chippewas captured Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
1769 On June - 04 a transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in history.
1770 James Hewitt, composer on June - 04.
1783 On June - 04 montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned)
1783 On June - 04 montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned)
1784 Mme Thible becomes first woman to fly (in a balloon) on June - 04.
1784 Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly (in a balloon) on this day in history.
1789 On this day in history uS constitution goes into effect
1792 Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain on June - 04.
1792 John Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies on June - 04.
1793 On June - 04 jan Ekels de Young, Dutch painter, dies at 34
1794 On this day in history congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers
1798 On this day in history giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Ital adventurer/spy/librarian, dies at 73
1800 On June - 04 white House completed & President & Mrs John Adams move in
1801 James Pennethorne, architect on this day in history.
1802 On this day in history grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
1803 Gabriel James Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881 on this day in history.
1805 Tripoli forced to conclude peace with US after war over tribute on this day in history.
1809 Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65 on June - 04.
1811 The birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe, American novelist on June - 04.
1812 On this day in history louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
1812 On June - 04 the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
1815 On June - 04 paul Jones Semmes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1816 Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union) on June - 04.
1818 John van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44 on June - 04.
1825 Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC on June - 04.
1825 On this day in history ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies
1826 Karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39 on June - 04.
1828 On this day in history alexander William Campbell, Brig general (Confederate Army)
1831 On June - 04 national Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium
1832 On June - 04 3rd national black convention meets (Phila)
1833 Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier on June - 04.
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