Page 2: Historical Events In May - 04

1752  On this day in history pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71   

1763  On this day in history franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer   

1769  On this day in history charles Hague, composer   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on May - 04.   

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

1776  Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist on May - 04.   

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  On this day in history herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus   

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

1799  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 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 04 bourbon reign restored in France   

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

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

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

1825  On May - 04 the birth of Thomas Huxley, English naturalist   

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 May - 04.   

1834  Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer on this day in history.   

1839  The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio on May - 04.   

1843  Great-Britain annexes Natal on this day in history.   

1846  On May - 04 uS state of Michigan ends death penalty   

1846  On May - 04 uS state Michigan ends death penalty   

1847  On this day in history new York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

1847  On this day in history nY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

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

1851  On May - 04 1st major SF fire   

1855  On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

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1006  On this day in history 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  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

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

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1566  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on this day in history.