Page 3: Historical Events In December - 04

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

1833  American Anti-Slavery Society organizes on this day in history.   

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

1835  Samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh) on December - 04.   

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

1836  Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa on December - 04.   

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

1838  On this day in history melesio Morales, composer   

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

1844  On this day in history 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  Billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99) on this day in history.   

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

1863  Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces on December - 04.   

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

1864  On this day in history battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA   

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  On this day in history grange organized to protect farm interests   

1868  On December - 04 richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter   

1872  The ship Mary Celeste was found adrift with crew missing on December - 04.   

1874  Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice) on this day in history.   

1875  The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer on December - 04.   

1875  William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail on this day in history.   

1875  R M Rilke, writer on December - 04.   

1876  On December - 04 dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)   

1879  Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1889  On this day in history buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)   

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

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1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 December - 04.   

0771  On December - 04 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  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.   

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

1137  On December - 04 lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.   

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