Historical Events In November - 04

1812  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria) on November - 04.   

1816  William Polk Hardeman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on November - 04.   

1818  Alexander Robert Lawton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on November - 04.   

1820  Robert Vinkler Richardson, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1870 on this day in history.   

1823  Karel Komzak, composer on November - 04.   

1830  Frederic LG de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37 on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1913   

1837  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69 on November - 04.   

1839  The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history 1st wagon train arrives in California   

1841  Carl Tausig, composer on November - 04.   

1842  On November - 04 abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill   

1842  On this day in history william Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874   

1845  The first nationally observed uniform election day in US on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US   

1846  On this day in history benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg   

1846  Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer on November - 04.   

1847  On November - 04 jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Germ pianist/composer, dies at 38   

1852  Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy on this day in history.   

1853  On November - 04 alexander Stadtfeld, composer, dies at 27   

1854  Lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island on November - 04.   

1854  On November - 04 lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island   

1856  On this day in history james Buchanan elected US president   

1859  On this day in history stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer   

1861  On November - 04 university of Washington founded in Seattle   

1862  Gatling gun patented on November - 04.   

1862  The Gatling gun patented (Richard J Gatling) on November - 04.   

1862  Dr Richard Gatling patents Gatling machine gun (Indianapolis) on this day in history.   

1862  On November - 04 eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)   

1864  On November - 04 hMS Racehorse in the China Seas. The wreck of this ship, with the loss of a hundred lives, near Chefoo, at the southern entrance of the gulf of Pecheli, the Racehorse, 4, screw gun vessel, 200 horse power, and 695 tons, was built for the Admiralty by Messrs. Wigram and Co.,   

1864  On November - 04 confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee   

1866  On November - 04 kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia   

1867  On this day in history 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall   

1867  Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47) on this day in history.   

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1448  On this day in history birth of king Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)   

1575  Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642) was born on November - 04.   

1587  Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born on November - 04.   

1590  On November - 04 birth of gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter   

1640  On November - 04 birth of carlo Mannelli, composer   

1650  William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702) was born on November - 04.   

1656  Leonard Sailer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1661  Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) was born on November - 04.   

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

1203  On November - 04 dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies   

1411  Death of Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384) on this day in history.   

1652  Death of Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597) on this day in history.   

1658  Death of Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608) on November - 04.   

1669  On this day in history death of johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)   

1674  Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 on November - 04.   

1698  Death of Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) on November - 04.