377 Historic Events for December 4
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| 1665 |
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Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris
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| 1667 |
Birth |
Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer
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| 1674 |
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Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
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| 1676 |
Death |
Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39
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| 1680 |
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Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
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| 1682 |
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1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
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| 1688 |
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General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III
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| 1691 |
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Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands
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| 1691 |
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Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
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| 1708 |
Birth |
Marianus Konigsperger, composer
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| 1720 |
Birth |
Jean-Jacques Robson, composer
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| 1732 |
Death |
John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47
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| 1745 |
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Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
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| 1783 |
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Gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
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| 1786 |
Birth |
John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]
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| 1791 |
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Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published
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| 1791 |
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Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer
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| 1795 |
Birth |
Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)
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| 1798 |
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Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
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| 1798 |
Death |
Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61
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| 1800 |
Birth |
Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)
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| 1803 |
Birth |
Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
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| 1807 |
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Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston
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| 1808 |
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Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius)
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| 1812 |
Birth |
Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
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