This day in History - February 4

421 Historic Events for February 4
1805 Birth Georg Andreas Henkel, composer
1815 Death Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 58
1815 Death Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77
1816 Death Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63
1819 Birth Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA
1820 Birth Bozena Nemcov , [Barnora Panklov ], Czech author (Babicka)
1822 Event Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa
1824 Event J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public
1826 Birth Halbert Eleazer Paine, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1834 Death Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66
1841 Birth Cl‚ment Ader, French inventor (1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft)
1842 Birth Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic
1842 Birth Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian
1844 Death Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49
1846 Event Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west
1847 Event 1st US telegraph co established in Maryland
1848 Birth [Fran‡ois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, Fren playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances)
1849 Birth Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)
1849 Event University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
1854 Death Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66
1854 Event Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc
1855 Event Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela
1861 Event Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss and SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy
1864 Event 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax
1864 Event Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi