Page 3: Historical Events In August - 04

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 04 first trans-Atlantic cable completed   

1859  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) on this day in history.   

1862  US govt collects its 1st income tax on this day in history.   

1864  Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas on this day in history.   

1870  British Red Cross Society forms on this day in history.   

1870  Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) on this day in history.   

1873  Indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashes for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed) on this day in history.   

1873  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War on this day in history.   

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1879  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris on August - 04.   

1881  122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record) on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)   

1886  Colombia adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1888  Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on August - 04.   

1889  On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75   

1890  On August - 04 erich Weinert, writer   

1891  On August - 04 george Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England   

1891  On this day in history george Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41   

1892  Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass on this day in history.   

1892  On August - 04 queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine   

1892  Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer on this day in history.   

1897  On August - 04 henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia   

1897  Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) on August - 04.   

1900  The birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother2007 A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm on this day in history.   

1900  Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) on this day in history.   

1900  The birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother on this day in history.   

1901  On August - 04 louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)   

1902  The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens on August - 04.   

1903  Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X on this day in history.   

1903  On August - 04 helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)   

1904  Theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire) on August - 04.   

1904  On this day in history arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54   

1905  On August - 04 michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator   

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1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.   

1306  On August - 04 death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on August - 04.