Historical Events In December - 04

0771  On December - 04 karel, the Great, becomes king of all France   

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

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1075  Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.   

1110  On this day in history syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders   

1137  On December - 04 lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

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

1197  Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah on this day in history.   

1214  William I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1259  On December - 04 treaty of Paris: English king Henry III & French king Louis IX   

1270  Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre on this day in history.   

1371  Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38 on December - 04.   

1423  Treaty of London provided for the release of James 1 from English captivity, for ransom of £40,000 paid in 6 annual instalments, and for the sessation of reinforcements to Scottish troops in France on December - 04.   

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

1489  Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from the Moors on this day in history.   

1489  Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)   

1534  Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad on this day in history.   

1563  Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years on December - 04.   

1576  On December - 04 rheticus, mathematician, dies   

1584  On this day in history john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1585  On December - 04 john Willock, Scottish reformer   

1603  Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71 on December - 04.   

1609  On this day in history alexander Hume, Scottish poet   

1619  On December - 04 america's first Thanksgiving Day (Va)   

1619  America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va) on December - 04.   

1642  Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon, dies at about 57 on December - 04.   

1644  1st European peace congress opens in Munster on this day in history.   

1649  Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73 on this day in history.   

1655  Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue on this day in history.   

1660  Andre Campra, composer on December - 04.   

1665  On December - 04 jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris   

1667  On December - 04 michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

1674  Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago on this day in history.   

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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  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

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

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on December - 04.   

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

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer   

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

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

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

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.