Historical Events In May - 04

1752  On May - 04 pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71   

1763  On May - 04 franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer   

1769  On this day in history charles Hague, composer   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on May - 04.   

1776  Rhode Island declares independence from England on May - 04.   

1776  Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist on May - 04.   

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer on this day in history.   

1780  American Academy of Arts &Science founded on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history charles Bunbury on Diomed wins first Epsom Derby   

1780  On this day in history american Academy of Arts & Science founded   

1783  Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus on May - 04.   

1796  Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) on May - 04.   

1799  On May - 04 fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is assaulted and the Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.   

1805  Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx NY on May - 04.   

1805  On this day in history henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx   

1814  Bourbon reign restored in France on May - 04.   

1818  On this day in history netherlands &England sign treaty against illegal slave handling   

1818  Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling on May - 04.   

1820  On May - 04 joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

1825  The birth of Thomas Huxley, English naturalist on May - 04.   

1825  On May - 04 thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist   

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) on May - 04.   

1832  Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on May - 04.   

1834  On this day in history charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean   

1835  On May - 04 edmund Hart Turpin, composer   

1839  The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio on this day in history.   

1843  On May - 04 great-Britain annexes Natal   

1846  US state of Michigan ends death penalty on May - 04.   

1846  US state Michigan ends death penalty on May - 04.   

1847  On this day in history new York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

1847  On May - 04 nY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

1851  On this day in history the first major San Fransisco fire   

1851  1st major SF fire on May - 04.   

1855  Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On this day in history birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on May - 04.   

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82