Historical Events In August - 04

1856  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59  

1858  First trans-Atlantic cable completed on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)  

1862  US govt collects its 1st income tax on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas  

1870  On this day in history british Red Cross Society forms  

1870  Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history indian Wars: whilst protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashes for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed).  

1873  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War on August - 04.  

1875  On this day in history hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70  

1879  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris on this day in history.  

1881  122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record) on August - 04.  

1881  On August - 04 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)  

1886  Colombia adopts constitution on August - 04.  

1888  On this day in history philip Greeley Clapp, composer  

1889  On August - 04 carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75  

1890  Erich Weinert, writer on August - 04.  

1891  George Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England on August - 04.  

1891  On August - 04 george Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41  

1892  Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass on this day in history.  

1892  Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine on August - 04.  

1892  Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer on August - 04.  

1897  On this day in history henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia  

1897  On August - 04 joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil)  

1900  On August - 04 the birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother2007 A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is found on the Surrey farm.  

1900  On this day in history arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)  

1900  The birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother on this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)  

1902  The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens on August - 04.  

1903  Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X on August - 04.  

1903  On August - 04 helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)  

1904  On August - 04 theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire)  

1904  On this day in history arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54  

1905  Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator on August - 04.  

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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  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer was born on August - 04.  

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on August - 04.  

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

1664  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1113  On August - 04 death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)  

1204  On this day in history death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered  

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.  

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

1338  Death of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300) on August - 04.  

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

1476  On this day in history death of jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded