11_4 Events in History.

363 Historic Events for November 4

1853 Alexander Stadtfeld, composer, dies at 27 Death
1854 Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island Event
1856 James Buchanan elected US president Event
1859 Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer Birth
1861 University of Washington founded in Seattle Event
1862 Eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes) Birth
1862 Richard Gatling patents Gatling gun Event
1864 Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee Event
1864 Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island Event
1866 Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia Event

1867 Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47) Birth
1867 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall Event
1872 Herman Finck, composer Birth
1873 G E Moore, English philosopher (Ethics) Birth
1873 Dentist John Beers of SF patents gold crown Event
1874 Samuel J Tilden elected governor of NY Event
1875 Tonga adopts constitution Event
1875 "Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 dies Event
1876 John Brahms' 1st Symphony in C, premieres Event
1876 James Fraser, designed buffalo nickel Birth
1879 James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon Event
1879 Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus Event
1879 Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory (Okla), humorist Birth
1880 1st cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio Event
1881 Milton Rosmer, Southport England, director (Murder in the Red Barn) Birth