Page 3: Historical Events In August - 04

1856  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59   

1858  First trans-Atlantic cable completed on August - 04.   

1859  On August - 04 knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)   

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 August - 04.   

1870  On this day in history harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)   

1873  On August - 04 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).   

1873  On this day in history damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War   

1875  On August - 04 hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70   

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

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

1881  On August - 04 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)   

1886  Colombia adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1888  Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on this day in history.   

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

1890  Erich Weinert, writer on August - 04.   

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

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.   

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  Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia on August - 04.   

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  Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly) on August - 04.   

1902  On this day in history the Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.   

1903  On August - 04 cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X   

1903  Helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels) on August - 04.   

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

1904  On August - 04 arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54   

1905  On this day in history michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

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

1502  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.   

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  On August - 04 birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

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

1687  On August - 04 birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.   

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  On this day in history simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.   

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1476  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded