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  On this day in history charles Hague, composer   

1770  Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history rhode Island declares independence from England   

1776  On this day in history johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist   

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

1780  On May - 04 american Academy of Arts &Science founded   

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  Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus on this day in history.   

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

1799  On this day in history 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  Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx NY on May - 04.   

1805  Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx on this day in history.   

1814  Bourbon reign restored in France on May - 04.   

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

1818  On this day in history netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling   

1820  On this day in history joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

1825  On this day in history the birth of Thomas Huxley, English naturalist   

1825  Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist on May - 04.   

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) on this day in history.   

1832  Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church on this day in history.   

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  The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio on May - 04.   

1843  On this day in history great-Britain annexes Natal   

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

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

1847  On May - 04 new York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration   

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

1851  On this day in history the first major San Fransisco fire   

1851  On May - 04 1st major SF fire   

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

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on May - 04.   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.   

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

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

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

1566  On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1605  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82