Historical Events In May - 04

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer   

1769  Charles Hague, composer on May - 04.   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on May - 04.   

1776  Rhode Island declares independence from England on this day in history.   

1776  Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist on May - 04.   

1777  On May - 04 charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer   

1780  On May - 04 american Academy of Arts &Science founded   

1780  On May - 04 charles Bunbury on Diomed wins first Epsom Derby   

1780  On this day in history american Academy of Arts & Science founded   

1783  On this day in history herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus   

1796  Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) on May - 04.   

1799  On this day in history fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is assaulted and the Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.   

1805  Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx NY on May - 04.   

1805  On May - 04 henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx   

1814  Bourbon reign restored in France on this day in history.   

1818  Netherlands &England sign treaty against illegal slave handling on May - 04.   

1818  On May - 04 netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling   

1820  On this day in history joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

1825  The birth of Thomas Huxley, English naturalist on May - 04.   

1825  On May - 04 thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist   

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) on May - 04.   

1832  On May - 04 jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church   

1834  On this day in history charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean   

1835  On May - 04 edmund Hart Turpin, composer   

1839  The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio on May - 04.   

1843  On this day in history great-Britain annexes Natal   

1846  On May - 04 uS state of Michigan ends death penalty   

1846  On May - 04 uS state Michigan ends death penalty   

1847  New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration on this day in history.   

1847  On May - 04 nY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

1851  The first major San Fransisco fire on this day in history.   

1851  On May - 04 1st major SF fire   

1855  Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on May - 04.   

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1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

1631  On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on May - 04.   

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

1566  On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82