Historical Events In November - 04

1812  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria) on this day in history.   

1816  William Polk Hardeman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on November - 04.   

1818  Alexander Robert Lawton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.   

1820  On November - 04 robert Vinkler Richardson, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1870   

1823  Karel Komzak, composer on November - 04.   

1830  Frederic LG de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37 on this day in history.   

1835  On November - 04 lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1913   

1837  On November - 04 jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69   

1839  The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain on this day in history.   

1841  1st wagon train arrives in California on this day in history.   

1841  Carl Tausig, composer on November - 04.   

1842  Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill on November - 04.   

1842  On November - 04 william Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874   

1845  The first nationally observed uniform election day in US on this day in history.   

1845  1st nationally observed uniform election day in US on this day in history.   

1846  Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer   

1847  Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Germ pianist/composer, dies at 38 on November - 04.   

1852  Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy on November - 04.   

1853  Alexander Stadtfeld, composer, dies at 27 on November - 04.   

1854  On November - 04 lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island   

1854  On November - 04 lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island   

1856  James Buchanan elected US president on this day in history.   

1859  Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer on November - 04.   

1861  University of Washington founded in Seattle on this day in history.   

1862  Gatling gun patented on November - 04.   

1862  On November - 04 the Gatling gun patented (Richard J Gatling)   

1862  Dr Richard Gatling patents Gatling machine gun (Indianapolis) on November - 04.   

1862  Eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes) on November - 04.   

1864  On this day in history hMS Racehorse in the China Seas. The wreck of this ship, with the loss of a hundred lives, near Chefoo, at the southern entrance of the gulf of Pecheli, the Racehorse, 4, screw gun vessel, 200 horse power, and 695 tons, was built for the Admiralty by Messrs. Wigram and Co.,   

1864  Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee on this day in history.   

1866  Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia on November - 04.   

1867  On November - 04 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall   

1867  On November - 04 tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47)   

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1448  King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495) was born on November - 04.   

1575  On November - 04 birth of guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)   

1587  Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1590  On November - 04 birth of gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter   

1640  On this day in history birth of carlo Mannelli, composer   

1650  On November - 04 birth of william III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702)   

1656  Leonard Sailer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1661  Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) was born on November - 04.   

0644  Death of Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

1203  On this day in history dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies   

1411  On this day in history death of khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)   

1652  On November - 04 death of jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)   

1658  On this day in history death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)   

1669  On November - 04 death of johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)   

1674  Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1698  On November - 04 death of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)