Page 2: Historical Events In December - 04

1674  On December - 04 father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago   

1676  On this day in history battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.   

1676  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1680  On December - 04 hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th   

1682  On December - 04 first General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)   

1682  On December - 04 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)   

1688  General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III on this day in history.   

1691  On December - 04 emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania   

1708  Marianus Konigsperger, composer on this day in history.   

1720  Jean-Jacques Robson, composer on December - 04.   

1732  On this day in history john Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47   

1745  On December - 04 bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby   

1762  First Manifesto issued by Catherine II. It invited foreign settlers to come to Russia. This manifesto brought few results on December - 04.   

1783  General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York NY on December - 04.   

1783  On this day in history gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC   

1786  On December - 04 john LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]   

1791  On December - 04 britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published   

1791  Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer on this day in history.   

1795  On December - 04 thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)   

1798  On this day in history rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt   

1798  On this day in history luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61   

1800  On December - 04 emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)   

1803  On this day in history augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)   

1807  Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston on this day in history.   

1808  Napoleon moves into Spain in the autumn with an army of 150,000, routs the Spanish in a series of engagements in November, takes Madrid December 4, and puts his brother Joseph back on the throne on this day in history.   

1808  On December - 04 ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius)   

1812  Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1816  James Monroe, Va elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King on this day in history.   

1816  James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history william Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army)   

1822  On December - 04 frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society   

1825  On this day in history hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer   

1829  On this day in history britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on December - 04.   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

1580  On this day in history birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on this day in history.   

0811  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

1137  On December - 04 lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland