Events & Holidays In December - 04

Kamolol Day (Thanksgiving) (Marshall Islands)

1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

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

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on this day in history.   

0811  On this day in history charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.   

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland