Page 2: Historical Events In May - 04

1752  On May - 04 pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71   

1763  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer on May - 04.   

1769  Charles Hague, composer on May - 04.   

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

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

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

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

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

1780  Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins first Epsom Derby on this day in history.   

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

1783  Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus on May - 04.   

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

1799  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 on this day in history.   

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

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

1814  On May - 04 bourbon reign restored in France   

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

1818  Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1832  On this day in history jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church   

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  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 this day in history.   

1851  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

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

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 May - 04 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  On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on May - 04.   

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

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

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

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

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

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