Page 3: Historical Events In August - 04

1856  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59 on August - 04.   

1858  First trans-Atlantic cable completed on this day in history.   

1859  Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920) on August - 04.   

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  British Red Cross Society forms on August - 04.   

1870  On this day in history harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roamin' in the Gloamin)   

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  On August - 04 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris   

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

1881  122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record) on this day in history.   

1886  On August - 04 colombia adopts constitution   

1888  Philip Greeley Clapp, composer on this day in history.   

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

1890  Erich Weinert, writer on August - 04.   

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 August - 04 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 this day in history.   

1897  Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)   

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 August - 04.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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 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  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 August - 04 birth of louis Lully, composer   

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

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

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

1113  On this day in history death of gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)   

1204  Death of Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered on August - 04.   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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  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.