Historical Events In November - 04

1812  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria) on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history william Polk Hardeman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

1818  On this day in history alexander Robert Lawton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1820  On November - 04 robert Vinkler Richardson, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1870   

1823  Karel Komzak, composer on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history frederic LG de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37   

1835  Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1913 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69   

1839  On this day in history the Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.   

1841  On November - 04 1st wagon train arrives in California   

1841  Carl Tausig, composer on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill   

1842  On November - 04 william Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874   

1845  The first nationally observed uniform election day in US on November - 04.   

1845  On November - 04 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US   

1846  Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg on November - 04.   

1846  Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer on November - 04.   

1847  Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Germ pianist/composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1852  Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history alexander Stadtfeld, composer, dies at 27   

1854  Lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island on this day in history.   

1854  On November - 04 lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island   

1856  On this day in history james Buchanan elected US president   

1859  On this day in history stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer   

1861  On this day in history university of Washington founded in Seattle   

1862  Gatling gun patented on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history the Gatling gun patented (Richard J Gatling)   

1862  Dr Richard Gatling patents Gatling machine gun (Indianapolis) on this day in history.   

1862  Eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes) on this day in history.   

1864  HMS Racehorse in the China Seas. The wreck of this ship, with the loss of a hundred lives, near Chefoo, at the southern entrance of the gulf of Pecheli, the Racehorse, 4, screw gun vessel, 200 horse power, and 695 tons, was built for the Admiralty by Messrs. Wigram and Co., on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee   

1866  On this day in history kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia   

1867  90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall on this day in history.   

1867  On November - 04 tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47)   

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1448  On this day in history birth of king Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)   

1575  On November - 04 birth of guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)   

1587  On November - 04 birth of samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised   

1590  On November - 04 birth of gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter   

1640  On this day in history birth of carlo Mannelli, composer   

1650  William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702) was born on this day in history.   

1656  Leonard Sailer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1661  Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

0644  Death of Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on November - 04.   

1203  Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies on November - 04.   

1411  On this day in history death of khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)   

1652  On November - 04 death of jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)   

1658  Death of Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608) on this day in history.   

1669  On November - 04 death of johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)   

1674  Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 on November - 04.   

1698  Death of Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) on this day in history.