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  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) on this day in history.   

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

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

1879  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1886  Colombia adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1888  Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on August - 04.   

1889  On this day in history carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75   

1890  Erich Weinert, writer on this day in history.   

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

1891  On this day in history 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 August - 04.   

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

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

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

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

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

1900  On this day in history the birth of Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother   

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

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

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

1903  Helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels) on August - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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1222  Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1262) was born on August - 04.   

1290  On August - 04 birth of duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)   

1502  On this day in history birth of pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer   

1521  On this day in history birth of pope Urban VII (d. 1590)   

1604  François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (d. 1676) was born on August - 04.   

1664  Louis Lully, composer was born on this day in history.   

1687  Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS] was born on August - 04.   

1701  On August - 04 birth of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757)   

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

1113  On August - 04 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 August - 04.   

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

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