Page 3: Historical Events In December - 04

1832  On December - 04 french army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp   

1833  American Anti-Slavery Society organizes on this day in history.   

1833  On December - 04 american Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila   

1835  On December - 04 samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)   

1836  Whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg, Pa on this day in history.   

1836  Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history daniel Read, composer, dies at 79   

1838  On this day in history melesio Morales, composer   

1843  On this day in history manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass   

1844  James K Polk elected 11th president of US on December - 04.   

1851  Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France on December - 04.   

1858  Billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99) on this day in history.   

1861  Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul) on December - 04.   

1863  On December - 04 storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces   

1864  On December - 04 romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law   

1864  Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA on December - 04.   

1865  On December - 04 edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse (WW I)   

1866  On this day in history vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration)   

1867  On this day in history grange organized to protect farm interests   

1868  Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter on December - 04.   

1872  On this day in history the ship Mary Celeste was found adrift with crew missing   

1874  Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice) on December - 04.   

1875  On December - 04 the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer   

1875  On December - 04 william Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail   

1875  R M Rilke, writer on this day in history.   

1876  Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems) on December - 04.   

1879  Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer on this day in history.   

1881  The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

1884  On this day in history alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45   

1888  Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34) on December - 04.   

1889  On December - 04 stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean   

1889  On this day in history buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)   

1890  Willem III, Dutch king, buried on December - 04.   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on December - 04.   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

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  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on December - 04.   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

0765  On this day in history death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

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

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

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

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland