Historical Events In July - 04
Sunday, 01 October 2023
1693 Battle at Boussu-lez-Walcourt: French-English vs Dutch army on July - 04.
1694 On July - 04 louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer (La Rose)
1696 On July - 04 louis de Buade et de Palluau, Count Frontenac 1622-1698 embarks from Montreal in a canoe flotilla with 2,150 men to travel up the St. Lawrence to Fort Frontenac and mount a new attack on the Iroquois.
1708 On July - 04 swedish King Karel XII beats Russians
1715 Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet/novelist (Fables & Tales) on this day in history.
1753 Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights in England, US on this day in history.
1754 On this day in history george Washington gives Ft Necessity to France
1757 On July - 04 jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38
1762 On July - 04 marco Santucci, composer
1768 Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1769 Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer on this day in history.
1774 Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts on July - 04.
1776 American colonies declare their independence from Great Britain on July - 04.
1776 Declaration of Independence-US gains independence from Britain on this day in history.
1776 On July - 04 the United States adopt the Declaration of Independence
1777 On this day in history john Paul Jones hoists first Stars and Stripes flag on Ranger at Portsmouth, NH.
1779 On this day in history french fleet occupies Grenada
1780 Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1787 Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1789 Nootka Sound BC, Estaban Jose Martinez 1742-1798 seizes British ship Argonaut and others for infringing Spanish sovereignty; on Spanish warship Princesa on this day in history.
1789 On this day in history the first US tariff act
1789 1st US tariff act on July - 04.
1789 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1793 On this day in history franz Xaver Pechacek, composer
1796 1st Independence Day celebration is held on this day in history.
1799 On this day in history f J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59)
1801 On this day in history first Presidential Review of U.S. Marine Band and Marines at the White House.
1802 US Military Academy officially opens (West Point, NY) on July - 04.
1803 The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people on this day in history.
1804 The birth of Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author on this day in history.
1804 Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader on this day in history.
1807 On this day in history the birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian soldier
1807 On July - 04 giuseppe Garibaldi, freedom fighter (Risorgimento)/unified Italy
1810 On this day in history french troops occupy Amsterdam
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