Page 3: Historical Events In August - 04

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1858  On August - 04 first trans-Atlantic cable completed   

1859  On August - 04 knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)   

1862  On this day in history uS govt collects its 1st income tax   

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

1870  On August - 04 british Red Cross Society forms   

1870  Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) on August - 04.   

1873  On August - 04 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 this day in history.   

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  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  Colombia adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1888  Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on August - 04.   

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

1890  On August - 04 erich Weinert, writer   

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 this day in history.   

1892  Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass on August - 04.   

1892  Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine on this day in history.   

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

1897  On August - 04 henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia   

1897  Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil) on August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1901  Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly) on this day in history.   

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

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

1903  Helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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1222  On this day in history 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 August - 04 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  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 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  On August - 04 death of boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered   

1265  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1430  On this day in history philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26   

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