Historical Events In June - 04

1838  On June - 04 servaas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Lute & Flute)   

1845  Mexican-US war starts on June - 04.   

1846  Josef Sittard, music writer on June - 04.   

1850  On June - 04 empire Engine Company No 1 organized   

1850  Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1862  Confederates evacuate Fort Pillow, Tenn on June - 04.   

1862  Confederates evacuate Ft Pillow, Tenn on June - 04.   

1863  On this day in history edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician   

1864  On this day in history nassau William Senior, British economist   

1867  Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland (1944-46) on June - 04.   

1868  On June - 04 van Bosse/Fock govt begins   

1869  On June - 04 boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen   

1870  4th Belmont: W Dick aboard Kingfisher wins in 2:59.5 on June - 04.   

1871  Imperial Russian Government issues decree repealing the Manifestos of Catherine II and Alexander I, terminating, after a period of ten years' grace, the special privileges of the German colonists on June - 04.   

1872  On this day in history johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies   

1873  On June - 04 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname   

1875  Pacific Stock Exchange opens on June - 04.   

1876  On this day in history an express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.   

1876  On this day in history robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test S Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9)   

1877  Heinrich Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927) on this day in history.   

1878  Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes on June - 04.   

1878  On this day in history turkey turns Cypress over to the British.   

1878  Frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament) on June - 04.   

1880  Eugen Adam, painter, dies on June - 04.   

1881  On June - 04 clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer)   

1882  Karl Valentin, German comic/writer on this day in history.   

1884  18th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Panique wins in 2:42 on this day in history.   

1891  Erno Rapee, composer on June - 04.   

1892  The Sierra Club is incorporated in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1892  On June - 04 oil City & Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die   

1893  Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania on June - 04.   

1894  Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO (Knopf) on this day in history.   

1895  Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit   

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1394  Philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430) was born on June - 04.   

1489  On this day in history birth of antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)   

1604  On this day in history birth of claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648)   

1665  On this day in history birth of zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)   

1694  On this day in history birth of francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV   

1697  On this day in history birth of jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi   

1700  Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1704  Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776) was born on June - 04.   

1039  Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49 on June - 04.   

1135  On this day in history death of emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)   

1206  Death of Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France on this day in history.   

1257  Death of Duke Przemysl I of Poland on June - 04.   

1267  Hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies on this day in history.   

1316  Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26 on June - 04.   

1394  On June - 04 death of mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)   

1463  On this day in history flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65