May 04 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1861  At Gretna LA, one of inaugural guns of Rebel navy is cast.   

1861  At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel navy is cast   

1862  Battle at Williamsburg VA.   

1862  Yorktown VA - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains.   

1862  -5] Battle at Williamsburg, Virginia   

1863  Battle of Chancellorsville ends-Beaten Union army withdraws.   

1863  Battle of Chancellorsville-action at Salem Church   

1864  General Grant's Army at Potomac attacks at Rappahannock.   

1864  In this year, Ulysses S Grant crosses Rapidan and starts his duel with Robert E Lee   

1864  -16] actions at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.   

1865  Battle of Citronville AL; Richard Taylor surrenders.   

1865  Battle of Mobile AL.   

1866  Woodward's Gardens opens to public.   

1867  Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer.   

1869  The Naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan.   

1871  1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double.   

1871  Mynona, writer.   

1875  Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer (Don Quixote and Celestine).   

1877  Arthur Lang, US, boxer/businessman (Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115).   

1878  Phonograph shown for inaugural time at Grand Opera House   

1878  Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House.   

1879  William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68.   

1881  Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917-Prelude to Bolshevism).   

1882  Wilhelm Lehmann, writer   

1883  John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Mississippi)   

1883  John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Miss).   

1885  Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78.   

1886  Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb results in the deaths of 7 policemen   

1888  Italy and Spain sign military covenant   

1889  Francis J Spellman, US Cardinal   

1891  Frederick Jacobi, composer   

1891  Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls   

1892  Canadian Thomas I. 'Carbide' Willson develops inaugural manufacturing process to create acetylene gas; already developed on a laboratory scale; sells process to Union Carbide.   

1893  Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging   

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1006  Abd-allah ansari: Persian mystic/poet (monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh abdollah ansari: The persian sufi   

1008  King henry i of france: King henry i of france (d. 1060)   

1611  Carlo rainaldi: Composer   

1631  Mary i henriette stuart: Daughter of charles i/queen of england   

1635  Willem van outhoorn: Dutch governor-general (dutch east indies)   

1654  Kangxi emperor of china: Kangxi emperor of china (d. 1722)   

1655  Bartolomeo di francesco cristofori: Italy, piano builder   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt engelbrektsson: Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  Death of Edward of westminster: Prince of wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  Husayn bayqarah: Ruler of herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Lorenzo ii de' medici: Duke of urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca ghini: Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  Paul buys: Grand pensionary of holland,   

1604  Death of Claudio merulo: Composer,   

1605  Death of Ulisse aldrovandi: Italian biologist/medical,