Page 2: Historical Events In June - 04

1756  On June - 04 quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania   

1760  On June - 04 great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians.   

1763  On this day in history mackinaw Michigan, Chippewas captured Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.   

1769  On June - 04 a transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in history.   

1770  On this day in history james Hewitt, composer   

1783  Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned) on June - 04.   

1783  Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned) on this day in history.   

1784  On June - 04 mme Thible becomes first woman to fly (in a balloon)   

1784  On this day in history mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly (in a balloon)   

1789  US constitution goes into effect on June - 04.   

1792  On this day in history capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain   

1792  On this day in history john Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies   

1793  Jan Ekels de Young, Dutch painter, dies at 34 on June - 04.   

1794  On this day in history congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers   

1798  Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Ital adventurer/spy/librarian, dies at 73 on June - 04.   

1800  On this day in history white House completed & President & Mrs John Adams move in   

1801  James Pennethorne, architect on June - 04.   

1802  Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel on June - 04.   

1803  Gabriel James Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881 on June - 04.   

1805  Tripoli forced to conclude peace with US after war over tribute on June - 04.   

1809  On June - 04 nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65   

1811  The birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe, American novelist on June - 04.   

1812  On this day in history louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"   

1812  The Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory on this day in history.   

1815  Paul Jones Semmes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1816  On June - 04 phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union)   

1818  On June - 04 john van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44   

1825  Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies   

1826  On this day in history karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39   

1828  Alexander William Campbell, Brig general (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1831  National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium on this day in history.   

1832  On June - 04 3rd national black convention meets (Phila)   

1833  On June - 04 garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier   

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1394  On June - 04 birth of philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)   

1489  On this day in history birth of antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)   

1604  Claudia de' Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1665  Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1694  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV was born on June - 04.   

1697  On this day in history birth of jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi   

1700  On this day in history birth of theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor   

1704  On June - 04 birth of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776)   

1039  Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1135  On this day in history death of emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)   

1206  Death of Adèle of Champagne, wife of Louis VII of France on this day in history.   

1257  Death of Duke Przemysl I of Poland on June - 04.   

1267  On this day in history hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies   

1316  Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1394  On this day in history death of mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)   

1463  On this day in history flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65