Page 3: Historical Events In August - 04

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on August - 04.   

1858  First trans-Atlantic cable completed on this day in history.   

1859  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) on August - 04.   

1862  On August - 04 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  On this day in history harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)   

1873  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) on this day in history.   

1873  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War on this day in history.   

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

1879  On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris   

1881  122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record) on August - 04.   

1881  122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record) on August - 04.   

1886  Colombia adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1888  On August - 04 philip Greeley Clapp, composer   

1889  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1890  On August - 04 erich Weinert, writer   

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 this day in history.   

1892  Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine   

1892  Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer on this day in history.   

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

1897  Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) on August - 04.   

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 August - 04 the birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother   

1901  Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly) on August - 04.   

1902  On this day in history the Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.   

1903  Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X on August - 04.   

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

1904  On this day in history theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire)   

1904  Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54 on August - 04.   

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

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1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

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

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

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

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

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

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

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