Page 3: Historical Events In December - 04

1832  On December - 04 french army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp   

1833  On this day in history american Anti-Slavery Society organizes   

1833  On December - 04 american Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila   

1835  On December - 04 samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)   

1836  On December - 04 whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg, Pa   

1836  On this day in history whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa   

1836  Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 on December - 04.   

1838  On December - 04 melesio Morales, composer   

1843  Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass on December - 04.   

1844  James K Polk elected 11th president of US on December - 04.   

1851  On this day in history pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France   

1858  Billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99) on December - 04.   

1861  On this day in history lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)   

1863  Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces on this day in history.   

1864  On December - 04 romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law   

1864  Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse (WW I)   

1866  Vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration) on December - 04.   

1867  Grange organized to protect farm interests on December - 04.   

1868  Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter on December - 04.   

1872  On this day in history the ship Mary Celeste was found adrift with crew missing   

1874  Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice) on December - 04.   

1875  On December - 04 the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer   

1875  William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail on December - 04.   

1875  On this day in history r M Rilke, writer   

1876  Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems) on December - 04.   

1879  On December - 04 herbert Hamilton Harty, composer   

1881  The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published on this day in history.   

1881  Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot) on this day in history.   

1884  Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45 on December - 04.   

1888  Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean   

1889  Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse) on December - 04.   

1890  Willem III, Dutch king, buried on this day in history.   

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1443  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

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

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on December - 04.   

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

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

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

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

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

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04.   

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.