Historical Events In December - 04

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

1676  On December - 04 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  On this day in history johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39   

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

1682  First General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester) on December - 04.   

1682  1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester) on this day in history.   

1688  On December - 04 general strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III   

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

1708  Marianus Konigsperger, composer on December - 04.   

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  Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby on December - 04.   

1762  First Manifesto issued by Catherine II. It invited foreign settlers to come to Russia. This manifesto brought few results on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history general Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York NY   

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

1786  On this day in history 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  On this day in history johann Gottlob Topfer, composer   

1795  Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution) on December - 04.   

1798  On December - 04 rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt   

1798  Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61 on December - 04.   

1800  Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen) on December - 04.   

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

1807  On December - 04 prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston   

1808  On December - 04 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   

1808  Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius) on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower   

1812  On December - 04 elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1816  On December - 04 james Monroe, Va elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King   

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

1818  On December - 04 william Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army)   

1822  Frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society on December - 04.   

1825  On December - 04 hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer   

1829  On December - 04 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 this day in history.   

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

1584  On December - 04 birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

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  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.   

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

0771  On this day in history 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  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  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.