Page 3: Historical Events In August - 04

1856  On August - 04 johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

1858  On this day in history first trans-Atlantic cable completed   

1859  On this day in history knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)   

1862  US govt collects its 1st income tax on August - 04.   

1864  On August - 04 land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas   

1870  On August - 04 british Red Cross Society forms   

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 August - 04.   

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

1879  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris on August - 04.   

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

1881  On this day in history 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)   

1886  On August - 04 colombia adopts constitution   

1888  Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75   

1890  Erich Weinert, writer on August - 04.   

1891  On August - 04 george Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England   

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.   

1892  Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass on August - 04.   

1892  On August - 04 queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine   

1892  On August - 04 johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer   

1897  On August - 04 henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia   

1897  Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1902  On August - 04 the Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.   

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

1903  On this day in history helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)   

1904  Theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire) on August - 04.   

1904  Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1905  Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator on August - 04.   

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1222  On this day in history birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on this day in history.   

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

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

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.   

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on this day in history.   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on August - 04.   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.