Page 3: Historical Events In August - 04

1856  On August - 04 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 August - 04.   

1864  On August - 04 land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas   

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 August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 04.   

1889  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on August - 04.   

1890  Erich Weinert, writer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1892  On this day in history queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine   

1892  On this day in history johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer   

1897  Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia on August - 04.   

1897  On this day in history joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil)   

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  On August - 04 arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)   

1900  On this day in history the birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother   

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 this day in history.   

1903  Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X on August - 04.   

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  Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

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 August - 04.   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.   

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

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  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  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

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