Historical Events In May - 04

1752  On May - 04 pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71   

1763  On this day in history franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer   

1769  Charles Hague, composer on this day in history.   

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  On May - 04 charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer   

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

1780  On May - 04 charles Bunbury on Diomed wins first Epsom Derby   

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

1783  Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus on May - 04.   

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

1799  On this day in history 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  Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx NY on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history netherlands &England sign treaty against illegal slave handling   

1818  On May - 04 netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling   

1820  On May - 04 joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

1825  The birth of Thomas Huxley, English naturalist on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist   

1826  On this day in history frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch)   

1832  On May - 04 jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church   

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

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer on May - 04.   

1839  On this day in history the Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio   

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

1846  On this day in history uS state of Michigan ends death penalty   

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

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 May - 04.   

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  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on May - 04.   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on May - 04.   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

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

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.   

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  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history 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 May - 04.