Page 3: Historical Events In August - 04
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1856 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
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 On August - 04 uS govt collects its 1st income tax
1864 Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas on August - 04.
1870 British Red Cross Society forms on August - 04.
1870 Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin) on August - 04.
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 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
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 Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on August - 04.
1889 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75 on August - 04.
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 On this day in history george Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41
1892 On this day in history sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden and axe murderess arrested in Fall River, Mass
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 this day in history.
1897 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1902 The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens on August - 04.
1903 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X on this day in history.
1903 Helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels) on August - 04.
1904 Theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire) on August - 04.
1904 Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1905 On August - 04 michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator
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