Page 2: Historical Events In August - 04

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

1712  Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27 on August - 04.   

1730  On this day in history crown prince Frederik of Prussia escapes to England   

1731  Giuseppe Colla, composer on August - 04.   

1735  On August - 04 jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of NY (victory for Freedom of press)   

1741  On this day in history andrew Hamilton, American lawyer   

1748  Maximilian Stadler, composer on this day in history.   

1753  George Washington becomes a Master Mason on this day in history.   

1755  On August - 04 nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)   

1760  On this day in history battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia   

1776  On this day in history wenzel Sedlak, composer   

1777  On this day in history retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes first circus   

1777  On this day in history retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus   

1789  On August - 04 french National Meeting ending feudal system   

1790  US Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service on August - 04.   

1791  On this day in history austria & Turkey sign Peace of Sistova   

1792  The birth of Percy Shelley, English poet on August - 04.   

1792  Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais) on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history olof Wilhelm Udden, composer   

1816  On August - 04 israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1818  Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

1821  On this day in history william Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86   

1823  Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877 on this day in history.   

1824  On August - 04 battle of Kos is fought between Turks and Greeks.   

1825  On August - 04 arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)   

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

1830  Plans for city of Chicago laid out on August - 04.   

1839  Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism) on August - 04.   

1843  Flor van Duyse, composer on this day in history.   

1846  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer on August - 04.   

1850  On this day in history frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68   

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

1855  On this day in history john Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"   

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1222  On August - 04 birth of richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262)   

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  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.   

1604  On this day in history birth of françois Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676)   

1664  On August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

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

1701  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.   

1060  On this day in history henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52   

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

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on this day in history.   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.   

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  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.