Page 2: Historical Events In May - 04

1752  Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1763  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer on this day in history.   

1769  Charles Hague, composer on May - 04.   

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

1776  Rhode Island declares independence from England on this day in history.   

1776  Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist on May - 04.   

1777  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer on this day in history.   

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

1780  Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins first Epsom Derby on May - 04.   

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

1783  On this day in history herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus   

1796  On this day in history horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)   

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 this day in history henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx   

1814  Bourbon reign restored in France on May - 04.   

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

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

1820  On May - 04 joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

1825  The birth of Thomas Huxley, English naturalist on this day in history.   

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

1826  Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch) on May - 04.   

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

1834  Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean on May - 04.   

1835  Edmund Hart Turpin, composer on May - 04.   

1839  On this day in history the Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio   

1843  On this day in history great-Britain annexes Natal   

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

1846  On May - 04 uS state Michigan ends death penalty   

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 this day in history.   

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

1851  On this day in history 1st major SF fire   

1855  Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on May - 04.   

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

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

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

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

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  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82