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 this day in history american Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila   

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

1836  Whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg, Pa on December - 04.   

1836  Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history daniel Read, composer, dies at 79   

1838  Melesio Morales, composer on December - 04.   

1843  Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass on this day in history.   

1844  On December - 04 james K Polk elected 11th president of US   

1851  Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)   

1861  Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul) on December - 04.   

1863  On this day in history storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces   

1864  Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1867  On December - 04 grange organized to protect farm interests   

1868  On this day in history richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter   

1872  On December - 04 the ship Mary Celeste was found adrift with crew missing   

1874  On December - 04 jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)   

1875  The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history william Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail   

1875  On December - 04 r M Rilke, writer   

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

1879  On December - 04 herbert Hamilton Harty, composer   

1881  On December - 04 the first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.   

1881  On December - 04 erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

1884  On this day in history alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45   

1888  Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34) on December - 04.   

1889  Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean on this day in history.   

1889  Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse) on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history willem III, Dutch king, buried   

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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  On December - 04 birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on December - 04.   

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

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

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

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 December - 04.