This day in History - February 4

421 Historic Events for February 4
1698 Birth Heinrich A Fouqu‚, Prussian general
1699 Event 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
1714 Death Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies
1746 Death Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46
1747 Birth Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, (NY Bridge)
1751 Birth Blas de Laserna, composer
1758 Birth Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer
1764 Birth Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy
1767 Birth Johann Franz Volkert, composer
1768 Birth Maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop and Boeicop, lawyer/politician
1769 Birth Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer
1778 Birth Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist (Th‚orie ‚l‚mentaire)
1781 Death Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43
1781 Death Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59
1782 Event British garrison surrenders to French and Spanish fleet
1783 Event Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
1787 Event Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails
1787 Event 1st Anglican bishops of NY and Pennsylvania consecrated in London
1789 Event 1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as Pres and VP
1794 Event French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery
1797 Event Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000
1799 Birth Joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright
1802 Birth Mark Hopkins, US, educator/philosopher (Williams College)
1803 Event William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature"
1805 Birth William H Ainsworth, English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood)