Page 2: 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  Charles Hague, composer on this day in history.   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history rhode Island declares independence from England   

1776  On May - 04 johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist   

1777  On this day in history charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer   

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

1780  On May - 04 charles Bunbury on Diomed wins first Epsom Derby   

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

1783  Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus on this day in history.   

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

1799  On this day in history 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  On this day in history henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx NY   

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

1814  On May - 04 bourbon reign restored in France   

1818  Netherlands &England sign treaty against illegal slave handling on this day in history.   

1818  Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling on this day in history.   

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

1825  On this day in history the birth of Thomas Huxley, English naturalist   

1825  Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist on May - 04.   

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

1832  On May - 04 jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church   

1834  On May - 04 charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean   

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history uS state Michigan ends death penalty   

1847  New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration on May - 04.   

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

1851  The first major San Fransisco fire on May - 04.   

1851  1st major SF fire on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

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

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

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

1631  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on May - 04.   

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

1436  On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

1604  On May - 04 claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82