Historical Events In December - 04

1674  Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago on December - 04.  

1676  Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt on this day in history.  

1676  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

1680  Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th on this day in history.  

1682  On December - 04 first General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)  

1682  1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester) on December - 04.  

1688  General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III on this day in history.  

1691  Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania on this day in history.  

1708  Marianus Konigsperger, composer on December - 04.  

1720  Jean-Jacques Robson, composer on this day in history.  

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1732  John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby  

1762  First Manifesto issued by Catherine II. It invited foreign settlers to come to Russia. This manifesto brought few results on December - 04.  

1783  On December - 04 general Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York NY  

1783  On this day in history gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC  

1786  On December - 04 john LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]  

1791  Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published on this day in history.  

1791  On December - 04 johann Gottlob Topfer, composer  

1795  On this day in history thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)  

1798  Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt on this day in history.  

1798  Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1800  On December - 04 emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)  

1803  Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane) on December - 04.  

1807  On this day in history prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston  

1808  On this day in history napoleon moves into Spain in the autumn with an army of 150,000, routs the Spanish in a series of engagements in November, takes Madrid December 4, and puts his brother Joseph back on the throne  

1808  On December - 04 ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius)  

1812  Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower on December - 04.  

1812  Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 on December - 04.  

1816  James Monroe, Va elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King on this day in history.  

1816  On December - 04 james Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King  

1818  William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army) on this day in history.  

1822  On December - 04 frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society  

1825  On December - 04 hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer  

1829  On December - 04 britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre  

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on this day in history.  

1555  On December - 04 birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)  

1580  On this day in history birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)  

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on December - 04.  

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.  

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.  

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer  

0765  On December - 04 death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)  

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20  

0811  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39  

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne  

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on December - 04.  

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67  

1182  On December - 04 henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies  

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.