Page 3: Historical Events In December - 04

1832  French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp on December - 04.   

1833  American Anti-Slavery Society organizes on this day in history.   

1833  American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila on December - 04.   

1835  Samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh) on December - 04.   

1836  On December - 04 whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg, Pa   

1836  On December - 04 whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa   

1836  Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history melesio Morales, composer   

1843  On December - 04 manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass   

1844  On December - 04 james K Polk elected 11th president of US   

1851  On this day in history pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France   

1858  On December - 04 billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)   

1861  Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul) on December - 04.   

1863  Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces on December - 04.   

1864  Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA on December - 04.   

1865  On this day in history edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse (WW I)   

1866  Vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration) on December - 04.   

1867  On December - 04 grange organized to protect farm interests   

1868  On December - 04 richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter   

1872  The ship Mary Celeste was found adrift with crew missing on December - 04.   

1874  On this day in history jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)   

1875  The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer on this day in history.   

1875  William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail on December - 04.   

1875  On December - 04 r M Rilke, writer   

1876  Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems) on December - 04.   

1879  Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer on December - 04.   

1881  The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published on December - 04.   

1881  Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot) on this day in history.   

1884  Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45 on December - 04.   

1888  On this day in history aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)   

1889  On this day in history stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean   

1889  On this day in history buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)   

1890  On this day in history willem III, Dutch king, buried   

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1443  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  On December - 04 birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on December - 04.   

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

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

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.   

1667  On this day in history birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  On this day in history charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.   

1123  On December - 04 death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.   

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland