Page 3: Historical Events In December - 04

1832  On this day in history french army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp   

1833  On this day in history american Anti-Slavery Society organizes   

1833  American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila on December - 04.   

1835  Samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh) on December - 04.   

1836  Whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg, Pa on December - 04.   

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

1836  Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 on December - 04.   

1838  Melesio Morales, composer on December - 04.   

1843  Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass on this day in history.   

1844  James K Polk elected 11th president of US on this day in history.   

1851  Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France on this day in history.   

1858  Billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99) on December - 04.   

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

1863  Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law   

1864  On this day in history battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA   

1865  On this day in history edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse (WW I)   

1866  Vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration) on December - 04.   

1867  On December - 04 grange organized to protect farm interests   

1868  On December - 04 richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter   

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

1874  On December - 04 jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)   

1875  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1879  On December - 04 herbert Hamilton Harty, composer   

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

1881  Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot) on this day in history.   

1884  On December - 04 alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45   

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

1889  Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean on December - 04.   

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

1890  On this day in history willem III, Dutch king, buried   

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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 this day in history.   

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on December - 04.   

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

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

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  On this day in history birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

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

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

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

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on December - 04.   

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

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland