Historical Events In November - 04

1812  Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria) on November - 04.  

1816  On this day in history william Polk Hardeman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898  

1818  Alexander Robert Lawton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 on this day in history.  

1820  On this day in history robert Vinkler Richardson, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1870  

1823  Karel Komzak, composer on this day in history.  

1830  Frederic LG de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37 on November - 04.  

1835  Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1913 on November - 04.  

1837  On November - 04 jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69  

1839  On this day in history the Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.  

1841  On this day in history 1st wagon train arrives in California  

1841  On this day in history carl Tausig, composer  

1842  Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill on November - 04.  

1842  On this day in history william Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1874  

1845  The first nationally observed uniform election day in US on November - 04.  

1845  On November - 04 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US  

1846  Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg on November - 04.  

1846  On November - 04 gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer  

1847  Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Germ pianist/composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

1852  Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy on this day in history.  

1853  Alexander Stadtfeld, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

1854  On November - 04 lighthouse established on Alcatraz Island  

1854  On November - 04 lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island  

1856  On November - 04 james Buchanan elected US president  

1859  Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer on November - 04.  

1861  University of Washington founded in Seattle on November - 04.  

1862  On this day in history gatling gun patented  

1862  On this day in history the Gatling gun patented (Richard J Gatling)  

1862  Dr Richard Gatling patents Gatling machine gun (Indianapolis) on November - 04.  

1862  On this day in history eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)  

1864  HMS Racehorse in the China Seas. The wreck of this ship, with the loss of a hundred lives, near Chefoo, at the southern entrance of the gulf of Pecheli, the Racehorse, 4, screw gun vessel, 200 horse power, and 695 tons, was built for the Admiralty by Messrs. Wigram and Co., on November - 04.  

1864  On this day in history confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee  

1866  Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia on November - 04.  

1867  90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall on November - 04.  

1867  Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47) on this day in history.  

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1448  King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495) was born on November - 04.  

1575  Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

1587  Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born on this day in history.  

1590  Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

1640  On November - 04 birth of carlo Mannelli, composer  

1650  On November - 04 birth of william III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702)  

1656  On November - 04 birth of leonard Sailer, composer  

1661  On November - 04 birth of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)  

0644  Death of Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.  

1203  On this day in history dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies  

1411  On this day in history death of khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)  

1652  On November - 04 death of jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)  

1658  On this day in history death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)  

1669  On this day in history death of johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)  

1674  On this day in history kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72  

1698  On this day in history death of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)