Page 3: Historical Events In August - 04

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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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  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  On August - 04 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  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 this day in history.   

1265  Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle on August - 04.   

1306  Death of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289) on this day in history.   

1338  On this day in history death of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (b. 1300)   

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