Page 3: 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  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) on August - 04.   

1862  US govt collects its 1st income tax on August - 04.   

1864  On August - 04 land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas   

1870  On this day in history british Red Cross Society forms   

1870  On August - 04 harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)   

1873  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) on August - 04.   

1873  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War on this day in history.   

1875  On August - 04 hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70   

1879  Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris on August - 04.   

1881  On this day in history 122ø F (50ø C), Seville, Spain (European record)   

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

1886  On this day in history colombia adopts constitution   

1888  On this day in history philip Greeley Clapp, composer   

1889  Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1890  Erich Weinert, writer on August - 04.   

1891  On August - 04 george Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England   

1891  George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41 on August - 04.   

1892  On August - 04 sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass   

1892  On August - 04 queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine   

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

1897  Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia on August - 04.   

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

1900  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 on this day in history.   

1900  Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) on this day in history.   

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

1901  On August - 04 louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)   

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

1903  Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X on this day in history.   

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  Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

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

1290  On this day in history birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

1502  On August - 04 birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  Pope Urban VII (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

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

1664  On this day in history birth of louis Lully, composer   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

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

1113  Death of Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030) on August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1306  On August - 04 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  On August - 04 philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

1476  Death of Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded on this day in history.