Page 2: Historical Events In May - 04

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1763  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer on May - 04.   

1769  Charles Hague, composer on this day in history.   

1770  On May - 04 christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51   

1776  On May - 04 rhode Island declares independence from England   

1776  On May - 04 johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist   

1777  On this day in history charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer   

1780  American Academy of Arts &Science founded on this day in history.   

1780  On May - 04 charles Bunbury on Diomed wins first Epsom Derby   

1780  On this day in history american Academy of Arts & Science founded   

1783  On May - 04 herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus   

1796  Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools) on this day in history.   

1799  On May - 04 fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is assaulted and the Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.   

1805  On May - 04 henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx NY   

1805  On May - 04 henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx   

1814  On this day in history bourbon reign restored in France   

1818  On May - 04 netherlands &England sign treaty against illegal slave handling   

1818  Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling on May - 04.   

1820  Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack on this day in history.   

1825  The birth of Thomas Huxley, English naturalist on May - 04.   

1825  Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch)   

1832  Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on May - 04.   

1834  On May - 04 charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean   

1835  On this day in history edmund Hart Turpin, composer   

1839  On May - 04 the Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio   

1843  Great-Britain annexes Natal on this day in history.   

1846  US state of Michigan ends death penalty on this day in history.   

1846  On May - 04 uS state Michigan ends death penalty   

1847  New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration on this day in history.   

1847  NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration on May - 04.   

1851  On May - 04 the first major San Fransisco fire   

1851  On this day in history 1st major SF fire   

1855  On May - 04 camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on May - 04.   

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.   

1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  On May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

1519  On May - 04 death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.