Page 2: Historical Events In August - 04

1708  On August - 04 vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77   

1712  On this day in history johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27   

1730  Crown prince Frederik of Prussia escapes to England on this day in history.   

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer on August - 04.   

1735  Jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of NY (victory for Freedom of press) on this day in history.   

1741  Andrew Hamilton, American lawyer on August - 04.   

1748  Maximilian Stadler, composer on August - 04.   

1753  On this day in history george Washington becomes a Master Mason   

1755  Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil) on August - 04.   

1760  On August - 04 battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia   

1776  On this day in history wenzel Sedlak, composer   

1777  On August - 04 retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes first circus   

1777  On August - 04 retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus   

1789  On August - 04 french National Meeting ending feudal system   

1790  On this day in history uS Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service   

1791  On August - 04 austria & Turkey sign Peace of Sistova   

1792  The birth of Percy Shelley, English poet on this day in history.   

1792  On August - 04 percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)   

1799  On August - 04 olof Wilhelm Udden, composer   

1816  On this day in history israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1818  Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 04.   

1821  On this day in history 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969)   

1821  William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877   

1824  Battle of Kos is fought between Turks and Greeks on August - 04.   

1825  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer) on August - 04.   

1830  On August - 04 plans for the city of Chicago laid out   

1830  Plans for city of Chicago laid out on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)   

1843  On August - 04 flor van Duyse, composer   

1846  On this day in history silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer   

1850  Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history the Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.   

1855  On August - 04 john Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on this day in history.   

1290  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326) was born on August - 04.   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  On August - 04 birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on August - 04.   

1687  On this day in history birth of johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]   

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

1060  Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 on August - 04.   

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

1265  On August - 04 simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle   

1306  On this day in history death of wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)   

1338  On August - 04 death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

1430  Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1476  On August - 04 death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded