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 August - 04.   

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

1862  On August - 04 uS govt collects its 1st income tax   

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

1870  British Red Cross Society forms on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1875  Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on August - 04.   

1879  On August - 04 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris   

1881  On August - 04 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  On August - 04 carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75   

1890  On this day in history erich Weinert, writer   

1891  George Washington Williams dies at 41 in Blackpool England on this day in history.   

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

1892  On this day in history sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass   

1892  On this day in history queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine   

1892  Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer on this day in history.   

1897  On August - 04 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 this day in history 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  Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) on August - 04.   

1900  The birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother on August - 04.   

1901  Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly) on August - 04.   

1902  The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens on this day in history.   

1903  On August - 04 cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X   

1903  On this day in history helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)   

1904  Theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire) on this day in history.   

1904  On August - 04 arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54   

1905  On August - 04 michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

1664  On August - 04 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  Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) was born on August - 04.   

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

1113  On August - 04 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  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on August - 04.   

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