Historical Events In June - 04

1838  On June - 04 servaas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Lute & Flute)  

1845  On June - 04 mexican-US war starts  

1846  On this day in history josef Sittard, music writer  

1850  Empire Engine Company No 1 organized on June - 04.  

1850  On June - 04 willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange, dies at 74  

1862  Confederates evacuate Fort Pillow, Tenn on June - 04.  

1862  On this day in history confederates evacuate Ft Pillow, Tenn  

1863  On this day in history edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician  

1864  Nassau William Senior, British economist on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland (1944-46)  

1868  On this day in history van Bosse/Fock govt begins  

1869  On this day in history boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen  

1870  4th Belmont: W Dick aboard Kingfisher wins in 2:59.5 on June - 04.  

1871  Imperial Russian Government issues decree repealing the Manifestos of Catherine II and Alexander I, terminating, after a period of ten years' grace, the special privileges of the German colonists on June - 04.  

1872  On this day in history johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies  

1873  On this day in history 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname  

1875  Pacific Stock Exchange opens on June - 04.  

1876  An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City on June - 04.  

1876  Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test S Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9) on June - 04.  

1877  Heinrich Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927) on June - 04.  

1878  Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes on June - 04.  

1878  Turkey turns Cypress over to the British on June - 04.  

1878  On this day in history frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)  

1880  On June - 04 eugen Adam, painter, dies  

1881  Clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer) on this day in history.  

1882  Karl Valentin, German comic/writer on this day in history.  

1884  18th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Panique wins in 2:42 on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history erno Rapee, composer  

1892  On June - 04 the Sierra Club is incorporated in San Francisco.  

1892  On this day in history oil City & Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die  

1893  Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania on June - 04.  

1894  Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO (Knopf) on this day in history.  

1895  Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32) on June - 04.  

1896  On June - 04 henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit  

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1394  On this day in history birth of philippa of England, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)  

1489  Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.  

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 June - 04.  

1694  Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV was born on this day in history.  

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

1700  Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor was born on June - 04.  

1704  Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.  

1039  Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49 on June - 04.  

1135  On June - 04 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 this day in history.  

1267  Hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies on June - 04.  

1316  On this day in history louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26  

1394  Death of Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369) on this day in history.  

1463  Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65 on this day in history.