Historical Events In December - 04

1674  Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago on December - 04.   

1676  On this day in history battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.   

1676  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1680  On December - 04 hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th   

1682  On this day in history first General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)   

1682  On December - 04 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)   

1688  On December - 04 general strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III   

1691  On this day in history emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania   

1708  Marianus Konigsperger, composer on December - 04.   

1720  On this day in history jean-Jacques Robson, composer   

1732  John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby   

1762  On this day in history first Manifesto issued by Catherine II. It invited foreign settlers to come to Russia. This manifesto brought few results.   

1783  General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York NY on December - 04.   

1783  Gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC on December - 04.   

1786  On December - 04 john LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]   

1791  Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published on December - 04.   

1791  On this day in history johann Gottlob Topfer, composer   

1795  Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution) on this day in history.   

1798  Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt on this day in history.   

1798  On December - 04 luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61   

1800  Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen) on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)   

1807  Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston on this day in history.   

1808  On December - 04 napoleon moves into Spain in the autumn with an army of 150,000, routs the Spanish in a series of engagements in November, takes Madrid December 4, and puts his brother Joseph back on the throne   

1808  Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius) on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower   

1812  On December - 04 elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1816  On December - 04 james Monroe, Va elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King   

1816  James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King on this day in history.   

1818  On December - 04 william Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army)   

1822  On December - 04 frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society   

1825  On December - 04 hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer   

1829  Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre on December - 04.   

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1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

1580  On this day in history birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  On December - 04 birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  On this day in history birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  On December - 04 death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on this day in history.   

0811  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.   

1123  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04.   

1182  On December - 04 henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland