Page 2: Historical Events In May - 04

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer   

1769  On this day in history charles Hague, composer   

1770  On May - 04 christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51   

1776  Rhode Island declares independence from England on May - 04.   

1776  On May - 04 johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist   

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer on this day in history.   

1780  American Academy of Arts &Science founded on this day in history.   

1780  Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins first Epsom Derby on this day in history.   

1780  American Academy of Arts & Science founded on May - 04.   

1783  Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)   

1799  On May - 04 fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is assaulted and the Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.   

1805  On May - 04 henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx NY   

1805  Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx on this day in history.   

1814  Bourbon reign restored in France on May - 04.   

1818  Netherlands &England sign treaty against illegal slave handling on this day in history.   

1818  Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling on May - 04.   

1820  Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack on May - 04.   

1825  The birth of Thomas Huxley, English naturalist on May - 04.   

1825  Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist on this day in history.   

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) on this day in history.   

1832  Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean   

1835  On this day in history edmund Hart Turpin, composer   

1839  The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history great-Britain annexes Natal   

1846  US state of Michigan ends death penalty on May - 04.   

1846  US state Michigan ends death penalty on this day in history.   

1847  New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration on this day in history.   

1847  NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration on this day in history.   

1851  The first major San Fransisco fire on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history 1st major SF fire   

1855  On May - 04 camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

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1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on May - 04.   

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on May - 04.   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

1566  On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1605  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82