Page 3: Historical Events In December - 04

1832  On December - 04 french army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp   

1833  American Anti-Slavery Society organizes on December - 04.   

1833  On this day in history american Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila   

1835  Samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh) on this day in history.   

1836  Whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg, Pa on this day in history.   

1836  Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history daniel Read, composer, dies at 79   

1838  Melesio Morales, composer on December - 04.   

1843  Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass on December - 04.   

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 this day in history 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  On December - 04 storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces   

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  Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter on December - 04.   

1872  On December - 04 the ship Mary Celeste was found adrift with crew missing   

1874  On December - 04 jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)   

1875  On December - 04 the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer   

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

1875  On December - 04 r M Rilke, writer   

1876  On December - 04 dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)   

1879  On this day in history herbert Hamilton Harty, composer   

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  Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34) on this day in history.   

1889  Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean on this day in history.   

1889  On December - 04 buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)   

1890  On December - 04 willem III, Dutch king, buried   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

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

0765  On this day in history death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

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 this day in history 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 December - 04.   

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

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.