Page 2: Historical Events In December - 04

1674  On this day in history father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago   

1676  On December - 04 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.   

1676  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39 on December - 04.   

1680  On this day in history hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th   

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

1682  1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester) on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history general strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III   

1691  Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania on December - 04.   

1708  Marianus Konigsperger, composer on December - 04.   

1720  On this day in history jean-Jacques Robson, composer   

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

1745  Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby on December - 04.   

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

1783  On this day in history general Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York NY   

1783  On December - 04 gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC   

1786  On this day in history john LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]   

1791  Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published on December - 04.   

1791  On December - 04 johann Gottlob Topfer, composer   

1795  Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution) on December - 04.   

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  Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen) on this day in history.   

1803  On December - 04 augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)   

1807  Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston on December - 04.   

1808  On December - 04 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  Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius) on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower   

1812  On this day in history elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1816  James Monroe, Va elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King on December - 04.   

1816  On this day in history james Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King   

1818  William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army) on December - 04.   

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

1825  Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer on December - 04.   

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 December - 04.   

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

1580  On December - 04 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  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  On this day in history charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.   

1123  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

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

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.