Historical Events In December - 04

1832  French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp on December - 04.  

1833  American Anti-Slavery Society organizes on December - 04.  

1833  American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila on December - 04.  

1835  On this day in history samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)  

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

1836  On December - 04 whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa  

1836  Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1838  Melesio Morales, composer on this day in history.  

1843  On December - 04 manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass  

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 December - 04.  

1858  On December - 04 billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)  

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

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

1864  Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law on December - 04.  

1864  On December - 04 battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA  

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

1866  On this day in history vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration)  

1867  On December - 04 grange organized to protect farm interests  

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  On this day in history jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)  

1875  On this day in history the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer  

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

1875  On this day in history r M Rilke, writer  

1876  On this day in history dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)  

1879  On December - 04 herbert Hamilton Harty, composer  

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

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

1884  Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1888  On December - 04 aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)  

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1646  On this day in history birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)  

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer  

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

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

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.  

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland