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12/04/0771
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Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France
Type: Event
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12/04/0771
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Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20
Type: Death
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12/04/0811
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Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39
Type: Death
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12/04/1110
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Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
Type: Event
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12/04/1137
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Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67
Type: Death
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12/04/1182
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Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies
Type: Death
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12/04/1197
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Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
Type: Event
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12/04/1259
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Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III and French king Louis IX
Type: Event
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12/04/1334
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John XXII, [Jacques DuŠze], Pope (316-34), dies
Type: Death
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12/04/1371
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Stefanus X Uros V, king of Serbia (1355-71), dies
Type: Death
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12/04/1371
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Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38
Type: Death
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12/04/1443
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Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
Type: Birth
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12/04/1489
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Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
Type: Event
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12/04/1514
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Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)
Type: Death
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12/04/1534
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Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
Type: Event
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12/04/1563
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Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
Type: Event
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12/04/1576
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Rheticus, mathematician, dies
Type: Death
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12/04/1584
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John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony
Type: Birth
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12/04/1603
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Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71
Type: Death
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12/04/1619
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America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va)
Type: Event
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12/04/1642
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Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lu‡on, dies at about 57
Type: Death
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12/04/1644
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1st European peace congress opens in Munster
Type: Event
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12/04/1649
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Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73
Type: Death
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12/04/1655
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Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue
Type: Event
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12/04/1660
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Andre Campra, composer
Type: Birth
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12/04/1665
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Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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12/04/1667
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Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer
Type: Birth
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12/04/1674
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Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
Type: Event
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12/04/1676
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Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39
Type: Death
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12/04/1680
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Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
Type: Event
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12/04/1682
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1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
Type: Event
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12/04/1688
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General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III
Type: Event
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12/04/1691
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Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands
Type: Event
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12/04/1691
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Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
Type: Event
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12/04/1708
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Marianus Konigsperger, composer
Type: Birth
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12/04/1720
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Jean-Jacques Robson, composer
Type: Birth
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12/04/1732
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John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47
Type: Death
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12/04/1745
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Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
Type: Event
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12/04/1783
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Gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
Type: Event
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12/04/1786
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John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]
Type: Birth
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12/04/1791
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Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published
Type: Event
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12/04/1791
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Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer
Type: Birth
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12/04/1795
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Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)
Type: Birth
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12/04/1798
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Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
Type: Event
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12/04/1798
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Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61
Type: Death
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12/04/1800
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Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)
Type: Birth
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12/04/1803
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Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
Type: Birth
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12/04/1807
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Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston
Type: Death
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12/04/1808
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Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius)
Type: Birth
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12/04/1812
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Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
Type: Birth
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